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05.05.2025

19.06.2025

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The successful candidate will be responsible for providing and developing Psychology services for older people across the localities of NHS Lanarkshire. You will deliver highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention to older people presenting with a wide range of age-related complex mental health difficulties, some of whom may also be experiencing organic illness. The service provides a range of therapeutic approaches (e.g., ACT, CFT, CBT, EMDR, Brief Schema Therapy), and there may be opportunities to be involved in the running and delivery of group therapy. You will have the opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills and undertake further therapeutic training as required. You will be expected to provide supervision and teaching/training where appropriate, and to work closely with colleagues in the wider multidisciplinary team/local systems. A significant part of this role will be in helping the service to progress a new model of early clinical assessment. There may be opportunities for audit/research activity.

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Hold one of the following:

• HCPC registered psychologist (doctorate degree) or NMC (honours degree) or Allied Health Professional (AHP) (honours degree) or accredited membership of BABCP / BACP / UKCP
• Graduate basis for chartership (GBC) with BPS and have completed a clinical skills training programme at Masters level (accredited by the BPS).

As well as having completed training in at least one evidence-based psychological therapy, the postholder must have additional relevant experience of providing a highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment service.

Have knowledge of NHSL Health Board's Policies and Procedures, and national and professional guidelines for optimal standards of clinical care e.g. child protection guidelines.

Ensure supervision skills are maintained in line with professional guidelines and programme supervision requirements.

Have knowledge of MDT working in order to understand complex clinical presentations.

Work in a sensitive manner with respect to diversity and gender, ethnic, culture, and philosophical issues with a wide range of individuals and organisations.

Be aware of the limits of own competence and expertise.

Maintain and update knowledge of legislation and local policies and issues in relation to Adult Mental Health generally.

Attend in-house and external mandatory training courses (e.g., computer training, Moving and Handling, Management of Aggression and Violence).

Be aware of the need to deploy valuable Health Service resources in an effective and rational manner according to contemporary evidence-based practice.

• Completed the Generic Supervision Course (GSC) or equivalent, or be eligible to attend at the time of applying for this role
• Additional training or qualification in specific therapies
• Evidence of an interest in and experience of working with clients with complex psychological difficulties
• Experience of providing training to other health and non-health colleagues
• Post-qualification experience of working with older people
• Evidence of experience in supporting staff within a MDT
• Experience of supervising qualified and/or trainee psychological therapists
• Have specialist knowledge related to specific area of work, e.g., Eating disorders, Trauma
• Some additional training in psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of government legislation and policy relevant to older people
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management
• Skills in supporting others to meet the demands of their job roles and overall delivery of the service
• Knowledge of a range of theoretical approaches and applied techniques in working with individuals, groups, and wider systems and the ability to apply these in practice
• Excellent skills in communicating with patients, referrers, and staff from external agencies
• High level skills of consultation to individuals and organisations
• Car Driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence

Full time

37 hours

This role will be based in Airbles Road Centre, Motherwell

The working pattern for this role Mon-Fri; 9:00-5:00

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Dr Su Ross, Consultant Clinical Psychologist - via 01698 755351 or [emailprotected] .

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on [emailprotected]

(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Wednesday 4th June 2025

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension )

Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage .

Additional Information for Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. However, if there are a high level of interest in this position, we may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
• For help to complete an application on Jobtrain please follow this link: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/
• Please check your e-mail regularly (including junk & spam folders) as well as your Jobtrain account for updates.
• Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Right to Work within the UK

NHS Lanarkshire 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.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.