207578 - Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Nhs Scotland; Hamilton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

The Role

Job Purpose

Provide a clinically effective high quality and autonomous lead role in the Addiction Psychology Service within NHS Lanarkshire.

Additional Information Specific to the Role

This post involves providing a leading role within the Addiction Psychology Service across Lanarkshire. This will entail taking responsibility for the management of referrals, including liaison with consultant psychiatrists, addiction psychologists, and other professionals involved in the delivery of treatment and care to patients in Alcohol and Drug Services. The post-holder will be required to have a high level of expertise in relation to addiction and mental health, and be able to provide highly specialist support within APS and the wider psychological and professional community. The post-holder will be required to lead on service development and service evaluation projects. The post-holder will have to represent the Addiction Psychology Service in meetings at various levels, and will have to liaise with staff from different professional backgrounds. The post holder will deputise for the Head of Service as appropriate.

A key part of the role will be to support the implementation of the MAT standards across NHS Lanarkshire. The post holder will take a lead role in relation to workforce development of wider addiction services to embed value-based and trauma-informed practice and have a role in governance of implementing tier 2/3 psychological interventions. The post holder will have a key role in the delivery and further development of a psychosocial training programme to staff within addiction services and provision of ongoing coaching and consultation.

NHS Lanarkshire

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.

What we'll need you to bring

A key component of this post is the provision of clinical supervision to psychologists and other professionals. All practitioners of psychological therapies must receive regular clinical supervision to ensure ethical and professional practice. Psychological therapy cannot be offered in the absence of clinical supervision.

To enable a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to supervise they must have a further 1-2 years of post-qualification supervised practice in addition to their doctoral training. They must also complete accredited university-based training in supervision, eligibility for which requires a minimum of 1-2 years post-doctoral experience.

The first 1-2 years post-qualification are also used to consolidate clinical skills and undertake further specialist training as appropriate to the post. This post requires a level of clinical skill and further specialist training which would not be met before this period of post-doctoral experience.

Possession of specialised theoretical and practical knowledge within the Addiction field.

Theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide range of psychological disorders and their treatment, along with extensive knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in the field of Addictions.

Maintenance of Continuing Professional Development in accordance with British Psychological Society guidelines through regular attendance at conferences, specialist training days and specialist treatment modules.

At qualification Clinical/Counselling Psychologists have a minimum of 7 years university education. The entry level qualification for the profession is a doctoral degree.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

It would be great if you also have

• Membership of/affiliation with the British Psychological Society and Division of Clinical or Counselling Psychology
• Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice (e.g. CBT; CFT; CAT; schema therapy; EMDR)
• Additional training in specific therapies related to addictive behaviours
• Experience in the delivery of psychological therapies and therapeutic activities with individuals presenting with complex and comorbid psychological difficulties
• High level of ability to combine individual, developmental and systemic assessment and intervention frameworks
• Familiarity with Brief, Solution-focused and Motivational Enhancement therapies
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care, and in taking a lead role in service development, monitoring, and evaluation
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision, of both psychology and other health care professionals
• 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, with reference to specialist theoretical and practical knowledge within the substance misuse field
• Knowledge of national and local policies on alcohol and drug services, and relevant legislation.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
• The ability to work co-operatively as a member of a multi-professional/multi-agency service and within wider systems. This includes skills of consultation, liaison and negotiation

Contract type

Permanent

Part Time

24 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Douglas Street Clinic, Hamilton

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

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

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

Please contact Sophia Vezza, Consultant Counselling Psychologist on [e-mail]

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

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

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

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.

Further Information

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

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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.