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Job reference: 020404
Salary: Band 8A (£49,480 - £53,414)
Job closing date: 17/04/2020
Job Type: Other Therapeutic
Location: Leverndale Hospital
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 18.75
Job posted date: 01/04/2020
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department: Older Peoples Psychology Service

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The Principal Clinical Psychologist is responsible for the delivery of a specialised Clinical Psychology service to Older People referred to the South Glasgow City Acute Hospital Liaison service (O.Swte).

You will be a Clinical Psychologist with knowledge, skills and experience gained from working in with a variety of client groups, across the whole life course, presenting with the full range of clinical severity in a range of care settings; preferably with experience of working in specialist older people's mental health services . They will have experience of undertaking clinical leadership roles within multi-disciplinary or multi-agency contexts; and providing consultation and supervision to colleagues on psychological aspects of care.

You will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. You will be a member of a team of Clinical Psychologists, led by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with service lead responsibility for Older People's Mental Health Glasgow City Acute Hospital Liaison Clinical Psychology service.

The above post is hosted within the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Older People's Psychology Service (OPPS).  OPPS provides a highly specialist service to older people within the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde area.  The mental health arm of the service is delivered through participation in Community Mental Health Teams for Older People around the health board area.  The department also includes an Acute Hospital Liaison Clinical Psychology service for older people in acute hospital settings; a Rehab Clinical Psychology service for older people accessing physical health day hospital services; the GG&C Young Onset Dementia service; a Care Home Liaison Psychology Service in Glasgow HSCP; and the OPTIMAL Team, tasked with widening access to evidence-based PIIPTs across GG&C.

You will be a member of this psychology department. Professional and operational management is via the Older People's Psychology Service and the Psychology Directorate.  The post reports to a Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Older People.

You be required to provide clinical psychology input across the service area and at different bases as required.  The shift pattern for this post is between Monday-Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm. "Previous applicants need not apply."


Informal Contact: Dr Salma Iqbal, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Tel No: 07970406356

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .  



 


 

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