183278 Consultant Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist
NHS Scotland
- Edinburgh
- £75,312-87,023 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead and deliver specialist clinical services for complex trauma-related mental health problems, particularly Complex-PTSD
- Work with veterans to co-produce and deliver services with a continual focus on quality improvement
- Have access to a senior clinical psychology peer group across the UK who are innovative, collaborative and promote the provision of psychologically informed care across a phasic, interdisciplinary pathway
- Be part of a passionate workforce who are committed to working with veterans
- Contribute to cutting edge translational research and benefit from our formal affiliation to the Centre for Military Mental Health, King's College London
- Have developmental opportunities in corporate activities that are normally at a distance from clinical service delivery, such as marketing and communications projects, development of digital services and access to media training
- Play a key role in contributing to organisation-wide clinical strategy
- Have funded CPD opportunities beyond those typically available in the NHS
- To provide clinical leadership for psychological therapies in Scotland, ensuring the planning and development of a systematic response to service need
- To interpret professional policies, ensuring that the service operates at the highest level of quality and current best practice, leading research and quality improvement projects to this end
- To work with the Head of Operations Scotland and Associate Clinical Director & Head of Psychological Therapies to ensure that clinical services are delivered consistently by psychologists/psychotherapists with a high level of competency and expertise
- To support and advise colleagues on all issues relating to psychological therapies, psychologically informed service provision and trauma-informed care and providing expert clinical consultation and professional guidance to other psychological practitioners
- To develop external relationships with lead clinical/counselling/forensic psychology colleagues in relevant clinical, research and governmental bodies in Scotland to improve cross-service collaborative working relationships and increase awareness of Combat Stress.
- Within each Combat Stress clinical hub a clinician working at consultant level in their profession is assigned 'Clinical Lead' to provide strategic clinical leadership to the interdisciplinary team within that region. The postholder of Consultant Psychologist would be supported to submit an expression of interest for the Clinical Lead responsibilities within Scotland and, if successful, appropriate time allocated to this task within their post. More information can be made available on request or at interview.
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to buy and sell annual leave each year
- Excellent funded CPD opportunities
- Competitive stakeholder pension scheme - contributions matched up to 11%
- Discount shopping vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme