Clinical Psychologist

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; La Coruña; Presencial; EUR 62.000 - 84.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

The State Hospital invites applications for a permanent Clinical Psychologist to join its Psychology Department. This part-time role (28.8 hours) offers opportunities across high secure forensic mental health services within a multidisciplinary team.

Based within the Intellectual Disabilities Service, the post may involve duties across hospital services with an emphasis on psychological assessment, intervention, supervision, and research support in a national, secure environment.

Formación

• HCPC registered psychologist
• Experience in high secure mental health settings preferred
• Pro rata hours and permanent post

Responsabilidades

• Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments and risk assessments
• Deliver individual and group psychological interventions
• Provide consultation to colleagues and supervision/training
• Collaborate within the intellectual disabilities/forensic service teams

Conocimientos

Clinical psychology

Risk assessment

Interventions

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Educación

HCPC registered as Clinical Psychologist

Postgraduate clinical psychology qualification

Descripción del empleo

Job Title- Clinical PsychologistHours – 28.8Post Details – The State Hospital Psychology Department is pleased to be able to advertise for a permanent Clinical Psychologist to join its highly motivated team.Job Title- Clinical Psychologist AfC Band 8a (pro rata) plus a High Secure Environmental Allowance of £1,****** per annum (pro rata) and a High Secure Clinical Responsibility Allowance of £4,****** per annum (pro rata) Hours – 28.8 Contract Duration – Permanent Post Details – The State Hospital Psychology Department is pleased to be able to advertise for a permanent Clinical Psychologist to join its highly motivated team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a unique environment.

The State Hospital provides high secure care for patients from Scotland and Northern Ireland.

It is expected that this post will be based within the Intellectual Disabilities Service, however, Psychology Service staff may be asked to work across the hospital's services (Admission, Treatment & Recovery, Transitions and the Women's Service) when service need requires.

Our vision is to excel in the provision of high secure forensic mental health services, to develop and support the work of the Forensic Network, and to strive at being an exemplar employer.

The Psychology Department delivers high quality psychological assessments and comprehensive risk assessments as well as delivering a range of individual and group psychological interventions across five service areas.

This post will provide input to patients with a range of mental disorders.

The team work closely with colleagues from other disciplines and the postholder will work as part of a clinical team but will also have the opportunity to have additional hospital wide areas of work.

The postholder will have opportunities to be involved in delivering training, offering supervision and reflective practice, offering consultancy to colleagues and both using and sharing their research expertise with others across the hospital site.

Due to being a national service, the post comes with opportunities that may not be available in other Health Boards.

There are close links with stakeholder services including the East of Scotland Clinical Psychology Training course, Medium and Low secure forensic services as well as the other UK High Secure Hospitals.

We are pleased to have close links with the Forensic Network and support the work that they do across the country which also provides additional opportunities.

The service is committed to supporting and developing its staff team.

We share the same core values as every other NHS Scotland health board: care and compassion; dignity and respect; openness, honesty and responsibility; quality and teamwork, and our core values are central to service delivery.

Closing Date – The closing date for applications is 09 November ****.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.

NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

It should be noted that the State Hospital is a high secure hospital and the current organisational position based on a risk assessment is that we welcome applications from people under the age of 18 for non clinical roles however to be eligible for a clinical role applicants should be 18 years and older.

Should you have any questions in relation to this please contact ****** State Hospital has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

The State Hospital does not hold a sponsorship license therefore will be unable to sponsor candidates for skilled worker visas.

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