Consultant Counselling/Clinical Psychologist Saltcoats, Scotland
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.
A Consultant Clinical Psychology vacancy has arisen within the Community Adult Mental Health Specialty of the Psychological Service. This post is one of three posts providing clinical leadership for psychology provision to the Community Mental Health Teams within each of the three localities.
Clinically, you will provide specialist assessment and intervention for the complex mental health population, in addition to providing consultancy to other Psychologists, Psychological Therapists and the wider team staff in their provision of psychological care. This post has management and professional leadership responsibility for Psychology staff working across the Community Mental Health Teams within the North Ayrshire locality.
You will have interest in and experience of working with adults with complex psychological difficulties and severe mental illness in a community setting as well as experience in the provision of multi-disciplinary consultancy and supervision to this client group. The post requires experience in the design and implementation of integrated psychological services.
NHS Ayrshire & Arran Psychological Services comprises of over 100 staff including Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists in CBT, Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology, Counsellors, Graduate Assistant Psychologists and Masters and Doctoral Psychology Trainees. The Psychological Service delivers area-wide psychological provision through the Professional Lead for Psychological Services, Heads of Specialty and Consultant Psychology Leads across the Psychological Specialties.
Services are delivered to the population directly through specialist therapeutic intervention with patients with complex difficulties. Psychological Services provides expert advice, consultancy, training and supervision in order to develop the psychological skills of other health and non-health professionals. It also aims to enhance the delivery of psychological care across the whole healthcare system through formal contribution at strategic and planning levels.
The service places a strong emphasis on governance and has a number of internal special interest and working groups. We provide excellent opportunities for CPD to support high-quality service delivery to patients and career development for our staff. The service has close links with the University of Glasgow, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Programme and both the Adult and Child Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology Programmes at Dundee, Stirling and Edinburgh Universities.
The applicant must be HCPC registered as a Practitioner Counselling / Clinical Psychologist.
Given our pan-Ayrshire service across three Partnership areas, a car owner and driver is preferable.
This post is permanent and is offered full-time. Variation in these contractual hours may also be considered.
An excellent relocation package of up to £12,000 is available depending on eligibility.
For informal enquiries, please contact: Dr Kenny Day, Head of Psychological Specialty: Adult on 01294 323325 or [email protected]
