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30 hours per week - salary will be pro rata
**Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**
NHS Lothian 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 Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
The post-holder will be expected to provide a highly specialist resource for the provision of psychological assessment and therapy with responsibility for the specialism of mental health rehabilitation. The psychiatric rehabilitation service works with individuals who experience multiple disadvantages in all aspects of their lives. The individuals frequently have treatment resistant illnesses, have had adverse early life experiences and have been unable to engage successfully with mainstream health and social services. The post-holder will ensure the provision of a high-quality specialist psychology service to patients within this setting (and this will include both in-patients, and out-patients living within various levels of supported accommodation and supported with the Community Rehabilitation Team). The role also involves providing specialist support and consultation to other members of the multidisciplinary, multi-agency team. The post-holder may also provide teaching, supervision, consultancy and research expertise to postgraduate psychology trainees and other mental health professionals. It is a requirement to work autonomously within professional, service and locality guidelines, and to contribute to systematic governance of psychological practice within the service. Finally, the post-holder will be expected to utilise high level research skills for audit, policy and service development as a major requirement of the job.
*PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Audrey, Millar, 0131 537 6280