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Over recent years NHS Tayside has committed to increased investment in the Area Psychological Therapies Service. The Service now has a complement of around 160 clinical and applied staff with an additional 18 trainees. Opportunity exists to combine a number of specialist posts to reflect career interests of suitable applicants. The Department 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 Universities of Dundee and Stirling. Members of the Department also contribute to the supervision and training of trainees on the Edinburgh/East and South of Scotland Clinical Teaching Course, the Universities of Stirling and Dundee MSc Course and the Child course.
HMP Perth is a maximum security establishment with capacity for 730 prisoners, hosting remand and short term prisons (convicted less than 4 years) taking admissions from courts in Perth, Angus, Dundee and North Fife, and additionally long term prisoners (convicted prisoners from Tayside and across Scotland). Prison Healthcare is a Perth & Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership hosted Service with responsibility of providing health care (365 days per year) to the residents of both HMP Castle Huntly and HMP Perth.
The postholder will have responsibility for delivering expert, comprehensive, specialist psychological services to patients by working as an integral part of Prison Healthcare Mental Health and Substance Misuse Teams across both HMP Perth and HMP Castle Huntly .
The postholder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy working autonomously within professional guidelines and overall framework of the teams, policies and procedure.
The post-holder will be part of the wider NHS Tayside Psychological Therapies Service which employs staff with a diverse range of clinical and research interests. As such, there are excellent opportunities for CPD, research and involvement in ongoing service development, all of which are strongly encouraged. The successful candidate must have drive, enthusiasm and flexibility and be able to work within multidisciplinary settings.
Informal enquires considering the above post may be made to Professor Kevin Power on
(01382) 346160 or email kevin.power@nhs.net or Dr Ailie Castle on (01738) 562383 or email ailie.castle@nhs.net
Hours of work are: 37.5 hours (1.0 WTE)
Part-time / job share hours will be considered
NHS Tayside is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.