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We have a number of exciting leadership opportunities available in one of the UK’s most up and coming and rapidly developing Cities.
NHS Tayside is seeking to expand the senior leadership team within the Psychological Therapies Service with four newly established Consultant Level posts and further 8b posts to support existing Consultants. Opportunity exists to combine different specialist posts to reflect career interests of suitable applicants. Applications are welcomed from people looking to work on a full-time or part-time basis. The creation of these posts reflects the high regard for Psychological Therapies staff as a group who can lead on service redesign, deliver excellence in clinical care and positively influence culture.
NHS Tayside Psychological Therapies Service already has a complement of around 160 clinical and applied staff with an additional 18 trainees. The Leadership Team comprises the Director, Deputy Director and 15 Consultants. The Service provides a friendly, supportive and stimulating environment in which to work. Opportunities exist for involvement in teaching and research, taking advantage of close links with the Universities of Dundee and Stirling. Members of the Service also contribute to the supervision and training of trainees on the Edinburgh/East and South of Scotland Clinical Teaching Course and the Universities of Stirling and Dundee MSc Course. We have recently appointed a Clinical Psychologist with a special remit to promote and support research within the service, both with qualified staff and trainees.
You will be joining a forward thinking Service with excellent links and working relationships with Dundee, Perth & Kinross and Angus Health & Social Care Partnerships and the acute services of NHS Tayside. Our Eating Disorder and Forensic Medium Secure services are part of North of Scotland Regional Services. Together, we serve a population of 416,090, with approximately 67,100 of these being children under 16. The Service is hosted within Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership.
We are committed to authentic leadership and have a strong culture of inclusion. The leadership team meets regularly, making time to address operational issues and professional development and this model is mirrored in each speciality for clinical staff. We are able to support training and professional development from our core budget, having invested significantly in schema focused therapy and EMDR in recent years. Our 8b staff have their own developmental forum to ensure they are able to develop the skills and competencies to move into further senior roles.
We have streamlined the application process for our jobs to enable candidate to apply and be interviewed once, regardless of now many jobs they wish to be considered for. To apply for a post please visit NHS Scotland Job Train website (link given at the end of this document) and state clearly within your application form which position(s) you wish to be considered for. Please ensure you have the appropriate level of qualification for the posts you wish to be considered for.
Informal enquiries can be made to Linda Graham, Director of Psychological Therapies (linda.graham@nhs.scot 01382 346160).
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.