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Tayside Area Psychological Therapies Serive
Perth and Kinross Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs)
Band 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (1.4wte)
We are seeking to recruit a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to North Perthshire and Perth City CMHTs; two of three CMHTs which cover Perth and Kinross. Both teams are multi-disciplinary, inclusive of Psychiatry, Nursing and OT. Whilst most clinical work is undertaken within the respective CMHTs there is some collaborative work in the form of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy which is delivered centrally from Perth. We are currently in the process of developing our EUPD pathway and hope to be offering further interventions in the near future. Therefore in addition to clinical work it is expected that the successful applicant(s) will have a key role in developing training, supervising of others and helping to deliver care in line with the key recommendations of our mental health strategy review.
There will be professional links to the Tayside Area Psychological Therapies service which has a complement of around 150 clinical and applied psychology staff. Day to day management and supervision will be provided by the Lead Clinician. Consultant Clinical Psychologist for the Perth and Kinross Adult service.
The Department provides a friendly, supportive and stimulating environment with a commitment to training of applied psychologists and advancing research. There are links with the Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh and Stirling. Members of the department contribute to the supervision and training of trainees on the Edinburgh/East and South of Scotland Clinical Psychology Training programme, the Universities of Stirling and Dundee MSc Adult Applied Psychology course and the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh MSc Child Applied Psychology course.
Informal enquires considering the above posts may be made to Dr Ailie Castle on (01738) 562383 or email ailie.castle@nhs.scot or to Professor Kevin Power on (01382) 306156 or email kevin.power2@nhs.scot
Hours of work are: 15 hrs – Permanent
37.5 hrs - Permanent
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly including your junk/ spam folder.
NHS Tayside is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community