R1 Clinical Psychologist; AP

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Location:

Clinical Psychology (Learning Disabilities Specialist Inpatient Services)

Based at The Islay Centre, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Contract:

Permanent

Job type:
Part Time

Grade:
Band 8B

Hours:

21.09 (0.57 WTE).

Please note:

As this post is part‑time, the salary will be pro‑rata.

You will play a key clinical leadership role in our specialist learning disability inpatient services at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Your clinical input will focus on the Islay Centre, our specialist service for people with learning disabilities who present with significantly distressed behaviours that cannot be safely managed in the community. You will provide direct assessment, formulation and intervention around complex casework requiring a multi-disciplinary approach, and provide psychological consultation to the MDT.

You will also work closely with colleagues in other leadership roles to embed high quality psychological care across our inpatient learning disability services, with a particular focus on implementation of Positive Behaviour Support and trauma‑informed care. This is a newly created post, in recognition of the key clinical leadership role that psychology plays within the inpatient learning disability service.

• Lead clinical assessment, formulation and intervention for complex learning disability cases.
• Provide psychological consultation to the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Embed high quality psychological care across inpatient learning disability services.
• Implement Positive Behaviour Support and trauma‑informed care practices.
• Supervise and lead psychologically qualified staff, multi‑disciplinary colleagues and pre‑qualified team members.

• Demonstrable passion for providing excellent psychological services to people with learning disabilities and those who support them.
• Substantial post‑qualification experience working with people with learning disabilities who present with significant behaviours of distress.
• Aptitude for systemic, multi‑disciplinary working.
• Confidence and skill in addressing the needs of people with learning disabilities who present with significant behaviours of distress.

Potential applicants are encouraged to contact us for an informal conversation to find out more about the service. Email: reed.capp Tel:

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This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.