Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology - Coatbridge, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland

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Coatbridge, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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NHS Lanarkshire is delighted to invite enthusiastic Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology or Clinical / Counselling Psychologists to join the Addiction Psychology Service (APS).

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a varied role, alongside being supported to develop your core clinical skills.

In addition to providing therapy on a one-to-one basis, APS delivers therapeutic groups, such as Emotional Resources Groups, Compassionate Resilience Groups, and Schema therapy groups.

You will be provided with opportunities to contribute to service development, delivering training, working alongside experts through experience and supporting multi-disciplinary colleagues.

This is a pivotal time to work in addiction services - to help health and social care partnerships implement the MAT standards, and help addiction services become more fully trauma informed.

APS is a friendly and innovative team and we have strong links with both wider Psychological Services and the addiction services within Lanarkshire - statutory, third sector and flourishing recovery communities.

Psychological Services within Lanarkshire work closely together and take great care to support and invest in the development of staff.

This post has been advertised for Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology, but would also be suitable for newly qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologists looking for a band 7 position.

JOB PURPOSE

To work within a multidisciplinary Psychological Therapies team (or equivalent) providing evidencebased treatments for individuals with mild to moderate psychological disorders. This will involve a mix of individual clinical work and involvement in the provision of group interventions.
To provide Psychological therapies to adults with a wide range of mental health problems including anxiety and depressive disorders
To manage own caseload within specialty area using specialist techniques and maintain clinical related records.
To work with clinical psychology colleagues, and other mental health professionals to provide a psychology service to patients.
To contribute to service delivery and to participate in service evaluation within the area as directed.

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB

The post holder must have an honours degree in psychology (eligible for GBR) and a postgraduate Masters level (or equivalent) degree in Psychological Therapy.
Relevant clinical experience
Have knowledge of relevant national and professional guidelines for optimal standards of clinical care.
Have some knowledge of Psychiatry and other related professions in order to understand complex clinical presentation.
Excellent communication skills
Be aware of the limits of one's competence and expertise and work within those boundaries (particularly in the initial postgraduate year).
Work in a sensitive manner with respect for diversity in gender, ethnic, culture and philosophical issues with a wide range of individuals
Commitment to ongoing Continuing Professional Development

Attend in-house and external courses pertaining to computer training, moving and handling, management of aggression and violence, lone worker guidelines etc.

- '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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