Job Advert
Are you passionate about Children’s Mental Health?
Are you looking for a new challenge?
Would you like to join a compassionate and ambitious team, committed to improving the lives of our children & adolescents within NHS Lanarkshire?
Perhaps now is the time to join our CAMHS team and help some of the most vulnerable young people build a brighter future.
An opportunity has arisen to join our team as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist on a permanent basis.
We would welcome applications from individuals who share our passion and commitment, our values and desire to continually develop and improve the service we provide.
The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a high quality highly specialist psychological service to patients with complex, severe and /or enduring mental health difficulties referred to Psychological Services. To support the Consultant Psychologist/Locality Coordinator/Head of Specialism in the delivery and development of Psychological Services, and to act as a highly specialised clinician, providing clinical treatment, consultation, teaching, training, and supervision. To provide clinical and professional support to qualified applied psychologists, trainee clinical and counselling psychologists, assistant psychologists, and other mental health clinicians and, where appropriate, deputising for the Consultant Psychologist/Locality Coordinator/Head of Specialism.
The post holder will be required to:
- Have a post-graduate Doctoral Level (or equivalent) degree in Clinical or Counselling or Health Psychology and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Registered Clinical or Registered Counselling or Registered Health Psychologist.
- To have significant experience in working with individuals, their family or carers, who experience complex and enduring mental health difficulties
- To have significant experience in supporting, teaching and consultation with other mental health professionals working within psychological settings
- To have proven ability to undertake formative and summative clinical assessments, and prepare reports demonstrating interpretation of findings
Full details can be found within the attached Job Description & Person Specification, however if you would like to find out more please contact Suzanne Shields on .
If you require assistance with the application or recruitment process, please contact Natasha Vercueil, Recruitment Administrator on Natasha.Vercueil@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parent’s/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk. Skilled worker Visa and all current immigration rules are available at www.gov.uk