Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

NHS Scotland

  • Dundee
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • Just now
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.NHS Tayside is seeking to appoint a significant number of Clinical & Applied Psychologists trained to Doctorate level. This includes an expansion of an already thriving service. Opportunity exists to combine different specialist posts to reflect career interest of suitable candidates. Applications are welcomed from people looking to work on a full-time or part-time basis.NHS Tayside Psychological Therapies Service already has a complement of around 160 clinical and applied staff with an additional 26 trainees. The Service provides a friendly, supportive and stimulating environment in which to work. Opportunities exist for involvement in teaching and research, taking advantage of close links with the Universities of Dundee and Edinburgh. Members of the Service contribute to the supervision and training of trainees on the Edinburgh/East and South of Scotland Clinical Psychology Course and the Universities of Dundee MSc in Clinical & Applied Psychology Course. We have a Clinical Psychologists with special remit to promote and support research within the service, both with qualified staff and trainees.You will be joining a forward thinking Service with excellent links and working relationships with Dundee, Perth & Kinross and Angus Health & Social Care Partnerships and the acute services of NHS Tayside. Our Eating Disorder and Forensic Medium Secure services are part of North of Scotland Regional Services. The Service is hosted within Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership.We are committed to authentic leadership and have a strong leadership team of 23 Consultant Psychologists who supplement the work of the Director and Deputy Director. The leadership team meets regularly, making time to address operational issues and professional development and this model is mirrored in each specialty for clinical staff. We are able to support training and professional development from our core budget, having invested significantly in Schema Focused Therapy and EMDR in recent years.We have streamlined the application process for our jobs to enable candidates to apply and be interviewed once, regardless of how many jobs they wish to be considered for. To apply for a post please visit NHS Scotland Job Train website (link given at the end of this document) and state clearly within your application form which position(s) you wish to be considered for. Please ensure you have the appropriate level of qualification for the posts you wish to be considered for.Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Elaine Whitefield, Deputy Director of Psychological Therapies ( 01382 346160) but may be best made to service Leads whose contact details can be found below.Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
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