NHS Lanarkshire is delighted to invite enthusiastic Senior Psychological Therapists to join the Addiction Psychology Service (APS).

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a varied role, involving service development, delivering training, working alongside experts through experience and supporting multi-disciplinary colleagues.

The direct clinical component of the role is varied and the service prides itself on providing clinicians with opportunities to develop their skills in different modalities, in order to best meet the often complex needs of the people accessing the service.

In addition to providing therapy on a one-to-one basis, APS delivers therapeutic groups, such as Emotional Resources Groups, Compassionate Resilience Groups, and Schema therapy groups.

This is a pivotal time to work in addiction services - to help health and social care partnerships implement the MAT standards, and help addiction services become more fully trauma informed.

APS is also active in delivering teaching across Doctorates in Clinical and Counselling Psychology in Scotland, and contributing to the MSc in Psychological Therapy in Primary Care.

APS is a friendly and innovative team and we have strong links with both wider Psychological Services and the addiction services within Lanarkshire - statutory, third sector and flourishing recovery communities.

Psychological Services within Lanarkshire work closely together and take great care to support and invest in the development of staff.

The post holder will be accountable to the Head of Adult Psychological Therapies, and responsible to the Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist:

• Be responsible for the systematic autonomous provision of a highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment service to patients referred to the Adult Psychological Therapies Service.
• Provide clinical supervision to clinical staff within Adult Psychological Therapies, within specific therapeutic modalities.
• Contribute to Psychological Services training, teaching and research activities.
• Provide a range of specialist evidence based psychological therapies, training, and supervision with an advanced clinical specialism
• Represent the Consultant Clinical / Counselling Psychologist, as required, and take on locality management activities as required (e.g., expenses, appraisal/job planning, sickness absence management, payroll returns).

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB

The post holder must:

• Hold one of the following:

a) HCPC registered psychologist (doctorate degree) or NMC (honours degree) or accredited membership of BABCP / BACP / UKCP or

b) Graduate basis for chartership (GBC) with BPS and have completed a clinical skills training programme at Masters level (accredited by the BPS).

• As well as having completed training in at least one evidence based psychological therapy the postholder must have additional relevant experience of providing a highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment service.
• Have knowledge of NHSL Health Board's Policies and Procedures, and national and professional guidelines for optimal standards of clinical care e.g. child protection guidelines.
• Ensure supervision skills are maintained in line with professional guidelines and programme supervision requirements.
• Have knowledge of MDT working in order to understand complex clinical presentations.
• Work in a sensitive manner with respect to diversity and gender, ethnic, culture and philosophical issues with a wide range of individuals and organisations.
• Be aware of the limits of own competence and expertise.
• Maintain and update knowledge of legislation and local policies and issues in relation to Adult Mental Health generally.
• Attend inhouse and external mandatory training courses (e.g. computer training, Moving and Handling, Management of Aggression and Violence).
• Be aware of the need to deploy valuable Health Service resources in an effective and rational manner according to contemporary evidencebased practice.

- 'In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another._
- _Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure unit.'_

• Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations._

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NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment Website
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