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.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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.
Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.
Job Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a clinical psychologist with significant experience of working in learning disability services to take up the post of Senior Principal Clinical Psychologist, Band 8B, in the Department of Psychology’s Learning Disabilities Service. You will work closely with the Professional Lead for Learning Disability Psychology and the other Senior Principal Psychologist to lead the delivery of high quality, effective psychology services for people with learning disabilities across NHS Lothian.
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in leadership, service development, supervision of qualified psychologists, and delegated line management of applied psychology staff, as well as building on your existing experience of complex case work. There is likely to be a requirement for the post holder to provide clinical input and leadership across different tiers of NHS Lothian’s learning disability service, including to designated CLDTs and to our inpatient services.
Key Responsibilities
1. Provide excellent psychological services to people with learning disabilities and their carers.
2. Supervise and lead both qualified psychologists and pre-qualified team members.
3. Address a wide variety of psychological needs in learning disability services.
4. Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary framework for service delivery.
The Department provides a friendly, supportive and stimulating environment in which to work. Staff within our service have a range of clinical interests reflecting a variety of theoretical and therapeutic orientations, and an emphasis is placed on good clinical supervision and support.
NHS Lothian is committed to fair and equitable conditions of employment and recognizes that employees may require to change their place of residence as a result of taking up a post and will ensure that where this is the case employees are reimbursed appropriately.
Potential applicants are encouraged to contact us for an informal conversation to find out more about the service. For informal enquiries please contact Dr Reed Cappleman, Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Professional Lead for Learning Disabilities.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Reed Cappleman on 0131 537 6270 or email reed.cappleman@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk.
Note: NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part-time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37-hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.
#J-18808-Ljbffr