Clinical Psychologist - Lanarkshire, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland

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Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking to recruit full and part time, permanent Clinical Psychologist's. These posts are based in various multi disciplinary locality CAMHS teams across Lanarkshire. The teams offer a service to children and young people who present with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. NHSL provides excellent opportunities for training and career development.

The post holder will provide a high quality clinical psychology service to children, adolescents and families in a specified Child and Adolescent Mental Health [CAMH] team working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the department's policies and procedures

This includes:

Psychological assessment and therapy
Advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non psychological colleagues and to other non professional carers.
Teaching principles of psychological theory and therapy to non psychologist colleagues in health and social care.
To provide teaching and supervision to other psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, trainee and graduate Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology and Assistant Psychologists

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB

A First Class Honours or Upper second Class degree in Psychology that provides eligibility for graduate basis for registration with British Psychological Society.
An accredited postgraduate Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology to meet the requirements for eligibility to register as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and as a member of the Health and Care Professions Council. Once registered as a member of the HCPC, the post holder should maintain registration. These qualifications confer an advanced level of theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of theoretical models and working practices.
Significant post qualification experience of working with children and young people with psychological problems and their families.
Training in and experience of, supervising doctoral Clinical Psychology trainees and trainee Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology.
Ongoing professional development activities as required to continue practising as a Clinical Psychologist, including clinical supervision and further specialist courses and training.

- 'In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another._
- _Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure unit.'_

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations._

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