Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology

4 weeks ago

Lanarkshire, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time

We are looking to recruit a Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology. This post is based in a multidisciplinary locality CAMHS Team. the team provides a service to children and young people who present with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. NHS Lanarkshire provides excellent opportunities for training and career development.

This is a permanent post, based NHS Lanarkshire wide and therefore it is essential the post holder must hold a valid Driving License.

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

Job Purpose
- To work within a multidisciplinary Psychological Therapies team (or equivalent) providing evidence-based treatments for individuals with mild to moderate psychological disorders. This will involve a mix of individual clinical work and involvement in the provision of group interventions.
- To provide Psychological therapies to adults with a wide range of mental health problems including anxiety and depressive disorders
- To manage own caseload within specialty area using specialist techniques and maintain clinical related records.
- To work with clinical psychology colleagues, and other mental health professionals to provide a psychology service to patients.
- To contribute to service delivery and to participate in service evaluation within the area as directed.
- To liaise with GP practices and the extended Primary Care team, local voluntary services, day care services, and the CMHTs as required/applicable within each distinct post throughout NHS Scotland.
- This role will provide appropriate case/client/service experience (supervised) to enhance the learning achieved at MSc Applied Psychology level.
- Post holders manage own work and caseload autonomously.

The post-holder must:

- Undertake travel to clinic sites as required
- Be able to cope with unpleasant behaviour including physical and verbal aggression and occasionally to work in conditions sub-optimal for clinical activity.
- Utilise standard keyboard/IT skills
- Be able to sit in confined spaces and to concentrate for long periods whilst undertaking clinical sessions with patients. This involves multi-tasking, observational skills and concurrent intellectual analysis under pressure of time.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience & Training required to do the job:

- Honours Degree in Psychology (eligible for GBR) and Postgraduate Masters level (or equivalent) Degree in Psychological Therapy
- Commitment to ongoing CPD eg attend in-house and external courses
- Relevant clinical experience in CAMHS including assessment and management of clinical risk.
- Knowledge of relevant National and professional guidelines for optimal standards of clinical care
- Some knowledge of Psychiatry and other related professions in order to understand complex clinical presentation
- Excellent communication skills
- Aware of one’s limits of competence and expertise and work within those boundaries (particularly in postgraduate year
- Work in a sensitive manner and respect for diversity and philosophical issues with wide range of individuals

Full details can be found within the attached Job Description & Person Specification.

Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.
- ‘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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