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This is a full-time post offered on a fixed contract for 24 months. The shift pattern is Monday to Friday.
We are looking to recruit clinical and/or health psychologists to provide a specialised clinical/health psychology service to the Occupational Health Department. This is to deliver and oversee the Boards Peer Support Framework. This will include undertaking individual clinical/health psychology assessments, psychological interventions to improve wellbeing; promote health behaviour change, consultancy, advice and training on clinical/ health psychology and health improvement and/ or health promotion aspects of care to other staff members.
To assist and enable service improvement, including wider population studies and research programmes, using Scottish Government approved quality improvement methods.
- Post-holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and clinical/health formulation, tailored behaviour change interventions and specific care packages for individuals and groups to improve psychological wellbeing in the context of a wide range of health conditions including services for a wide range of health conditions as well as health preventative work. These may be conducted in a group setting as appropriate.
- Post holder is responsible for evaluating and advising on re-designing services as appropriate within the remit of the post that promote the health and wellbeing of individuals and groups, and looking at innovative ways of engaging individuals.
- A major job responsibility is teaching, training and consultancy on clinical/health psychology approaches to healthcare and health improvement to a range of p NHS staff. The post-holder is expected to initiate and take responsibility for, the development and evaluation of new training packages for staff and/or self-help materials for patients, as appropriate.
- Post holder is also required to supervise: assistant psychologists; clinical and health psychologists in training from both Masters Level and Doctoral level BPS/NES approved training courses; and other professional groups.
The post holder will assist service improvement, including the application of evidence from wider population studies and research programmes, using Scottish Government approved quality improvement methods.
The post holder will demonstrate advanced theoretical and practical knowledge as a clinical/health psychologist which requires to be obtained through:
- Doctoral level (or equivalent) training in clinical or health psychology as accredited by the BPS or HCPC.
- Registration with the HCPC as a clinical or a health psychologist.
Informal Contact: Rona Wall, Contact Number 0141 201 0600, Email Rona.wall@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
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