Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Overview

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work within both our CAMHS team. We would also welcome applications from candidates nearing qualification.

We support children and young people aged from 0 to 18 years and their carers/families and offer a range of highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions, which often includes multi-agency work with our partners.

Here in Argyll and Bute we are looking for high calibre clinicians, who place emphasis on a good work life balance, who can be creative and responsive and who work well in small teams. We are offering the chance to really use all of your skills, with a good mix of clinical work with supervision and consultation responsibilities and opportunities to develop skills in service development.

We also have very good links with national bodies and close links with training courses and offer placements to trainees from the Doctoral, EPP and MSc courses.

We want people who are committed to the future of our children and young people and who will help us grow this team in a thoughtful way. If you want to make a difference, be supported to develop professionally with great CPD opportunities please get in touch we’d love to hear from you!

Relocation expenses are available for the right candidates who meet the NHS Highland criteria.

Candidates must have a Post Graduate Doctoral level (or equivalent) degree in Clinical/Counselling Psychology, be registered with the HCPC and have experience of working with children and young people with complex problems. Experience or training in relation to eating disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders or trauma would be an advantage.

For informal enquiries contact:
Dr Louise Beare (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, or Dr. Kerry-Ann Doell (Principal Clinical Psychologist) on .

NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through .