Principal Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Compassion Kindness Integrity Teamwork Excellence

Please note, we can accommodate a degree of remote working, especially during current times and would be open to discussions with applicants interested in all or some of these sessions ***

NHS Borders Psychology Service is delighted to be inviting applicants for a 0.9

WTE 8b Senior Clinical Psychologist to join our Older Adults psychology service.

This post provides a great opportunity to be part of an expanding psychology service. The post-holder will join the NHS Borders Older Adults Psychology service, a small team of clinical psychologists and trainees, in providing evidence-based psychological interventions and neuropsychological assessments to older people across a range of clinical settings.

This is a 0.9

WTE permanent post however we are open to applications from individuals interested in some or all of these sessions.

This post (0.9wte) offers opportunities to work alongside the head of service in a range of roles including service development work, staff training and supervision, according to service demand, in addition to carrying a small clinical caseload. Part of this post will involve coordinating the delivery of training to care homes and community hospitals.

To fill this important post we are looking for a suitably qualified Psychologist who is innovative and has a passion for continuing service improvement. We are looking for someone with extensive experience of working in older adult mental health services including the delivering teaching and training, multidisciplinary working, working with people with psychological distress in the context of dementia, complex therapy and neuropsychological assessments.

It is essential that the postholder has considerable experience of providing clinical supervision to trainee and qualified Psychologists as well as professionals from other disciplines.

NHS Borders Psychology Service is a dynamic and supportive service that aims to offer delivery, training and supervision in psychological therapies to the NHS Borders, a rural population of 115 000 people.

We are in easy reach of Edinburgh with the majority of our staff based in the capital, often car-sharing. The recent addition of the Tweedbank rail service from Edinburgh has made travel to Tweedbank (45 minutes from Edinburgh and a 20 minute walk to the Borders General Hospital) an attractive commute.

The Scottish Borders is a lovely area to live in, with excellent schools, abundant local amenities and easy access to Edinburgh and transport links. Superb leisure facilities including many golf courses, mountain bike trails, fishing and other rural pursuits locally, plus good quality affordable housing, provide ideal opportunities for a high quality of life in this scenic part of the country.

This is an exciting time for the NHS Borders psychology service, and we are looking for motivated and innovative professionals who can make a contribution to the service. In return we offer a supportive team, with good opportunities for growth and career development.

Please note:

the salary quoted is for full-time hours (36 hrs per week). For appointments to part-time hours, the salary will be pro-rata.

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