Job description

NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

NHS LOTHIAN

FAST TEAM

INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES FORENSIC CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE

FULL – TIME ASSISTANT PSYCHOLOGIST (37.5 hours)

BAND 5

Starting point : £30, 229

FIXED TERM FOR 12 MONTHS

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate to work in this community forensic intellectual disabilities team across the Lothians (FAST Team). The FAST Team work with male and female clients at risk of offending behaviour with intellectual disabilities. This requires the intellectual disability forensic clinical psychology department to provide high quality psychological assessment, treatment and evaluation in addition to providing specialist support and consultation to clinical teams, other professionals, criminal justice, and non-professional carers. A significant component of this post will be supporting the Forensic Clinical Psychologists and wider multi-disciplinary team with violence risk assessment tasks including file reviews. In addition there will be a role for administering assessments, supporting therapeutic groupwork, undertaking tasks to support service developments such as trauma informed and psychologically informed environments, and service evaluation.

Essential and Desirable criteria are clearly marked on the Person Specification for this post.

This post offers a highly stimulating and supportive working environment for someone who wants to develop their career in this rewarding area.

For further information please contact Dr Jamie Kirkland, Consultant Clinical Psychologist or Nicola Graham, Applied Psychologist on 0131 537 6270.