Clinical Psychologist

OUR VALUES IN ACTION

• Care and Compassion
• Quality and Teamwork
• Dignity and Respect
• Openness, honesty and responsibility

Base:
Andrew Lang Unit, Selkirk, Scottish Borders.

NHS Borders Child and Young People’s Psychology team are delighted to invite applications for a permanent Band 8A Clinical Psychologist to join us.

We wish to recruit a Clinical Psychologist with enthusiasm for a range of evidence based therapeutic interventions and the flexibility to integrate their psychological knowledge to meet our service users’ needs and who will also find working with us a good fit themselves.

The post will contribute to the delivery of a Psychology service to children, young people and families across the Scottish Borders, embedded within a broadly defined multidisciplinary CAMHS mental health, neurodevelopmental and intellectual disability service.

The CYP Psychology team is a friendly and collaborative group comprising the Service Lead, 2 part-time 8

Bs, 4 8

As, 4 CAAPs, and 2 Assistant Psychologists in CAMHS, along with 2 part-time 8

As in Paediatric Psychology. We provide core placements for Trainee CAAPs and both core and specialist placements for Trainee Clinical Psychologists. We have close links with Psychology colleagues across all specialities as part of the NHS Borders Psychology Directorate.

We welcome applications from qualified Clinical Psychologists with interest or experience in CAMHS or in closely related practice in the UK, and from Trainee Clinical Psychologists finishing their course in the next few months.

This role, just like our service, has a broad and inclusive remit. It includes the delivery of quality evidence based Psychological Therapies for children and young people with mental health presentations, the assessment of and interventions for young people with suspected intellectual disability, and collaborative multidisciplinary work for those with neurodevelopmental differences.

Alongside your own clinical cases, you will contribute to multidisciplinary core tasks, such as referral management, consultation, supervision, training and service development. Your job plan will take some account of your individual areas of strength, expertise and career developmental needs. Supervision, peer collaboration, continued professional development and mentoring for individualised career progression are features of our team culture.

NHS Borders CAMHS is a positive multidisciplinary environment, with a joint professional leadership structure as is embedded in numerous multiagency collaborative frameworks.

We provide support for community partners through consultation, coaching/mentoring (LIAM/BBA), direct neurodevelopmental assessments and interventions including CAMHS LD/, direct Tier 3 multidisciplinary and psychological interventions, and Tier 4 intensive community treatment. The CAMHS service includes Psychiatrists, CMHNs, LDNs, ND Specialist nurse, sessional AHPs and Administrative staff.

We have shared boundaries with one local authority, and as the smallest mainland health-board in Scotland we aim to be engaged and innovative with our multiagency and third sector partners to meet the needs of our rural community.

We have an office base with some clinic rooms at the Andrew Lang Unit, Selkirk. We run face to face clinics at the Borders General Hospital (near Tweedbank/Melrose), at numerous health centres across the Scottish Borders, alongside Near Me clinics. Many jobplans include planned working from home, but we mostly provide our service face to face (in line with our service user’s preferences and needs).

Use of a motor-vehicle is almost essential in providing the service due to rurality.

The Scottish Borders is a beautiful rural region with reasonable property prices throughout its small towns, but many of the team commute from the Lothians.

Recruitment planning of other 8A sessions is underway both within CYP Psychology and other NHS Borders specialities. If you are interested in working with us but wish to explore more than 0.5

WTE, have questions, or are interested in session combinations with other specialities, do feel free to call for a discussion.

Please contact:
Dr Andy Gentil (Consultant…