PP) Head of Service and Consultant Applied Psychologist

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 Lothian

Post:
Head of Service (pan-Lothian) and Consultant Applied Psychologist:
Adult Mental Health

Band: 8D

Service: NHS Lothian Psychology Service

NHS Lothian Psychology Service is delighted to invite applicants for full time permanent post to join our senior management team as a Head of Service for Adult Mental Health with a portfolio of services and responsibilities to oversee that include Pan Lothian Psychological Therapies as well as Complex Adult Mental Health including psychology services and staff in Acute, In-patient, and CMHT psychology services.

NHS Lothian is the second largest NHS Board in Scotland and has an excellent psychology service that spans in patients, outpatients, and complex care. You will be joining at an exciting time of change and service development. We are keen to find the right person who is experienced, dynamic and committed.

The Psychology Directorate is hosted within Royal Edinburgh and Associated Services and led by the Director of Psychology with a senior team who are committed to supporting and developing staff alongside quality improvement and other programmes that enhance the quality of care provided. The proposed base for this post is the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, with the option of hybrid working, but we are open to discussing this.

We welcome informal discussions or queries- please contact Dr Caroline Cochrane, Director of Psychology, caroline.cochranet

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We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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.