Clinical Psychologist

**OUR VALUES IN ACTION** Care and Compassion - Quality and Teamwork - Dignity and Respect - Openness, honesty and responsibility

We are a friendly multidisciplinary CAMHS service with a positive working culture and a broad remit. We provide support for Tier 2 community partners, neurodevelopmental assessments and interventions, CAMHS ID/LD, Tier 3 multidisciplinary and psychological interventions for mental health difficulties, and Tier 4 intensive community treatment. We have an innovative service model and numerous strands of service development and multiagency collaboration in progress.

This post is managed by the Lead for CAMHS Psychology and will fit alongside two 8B colleagues who together support and develop the provision of psychology to children, young people and their families across the Scottish Borders. Our posts are integrated into a multidisciplinary CAMHS service. The post also has a remit to directly deliver assessment and interventions commensurate with experience at this level, and special interests, approaches and skills are highly valued. We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist with a number of years’ clinical practice in CAMHS, and preferably with experience of service development or quality improvement. Applicants must have doctoral training in Clinical Psychology, be registered with HCPC, and be eligible for a PVG for this age group.

This role will require robust clinical competencies in evidence based interventions for mental health difficulties, and/or advanced skills around neurodevelopmental differences. Over time, the postholder will take on delegated responsibility for areas of clinical process, supervision, governance or service developments linked to national drivers. Continued professional development, mentoring for career progression, and options for bespoke multi-speciality jobplans are features of our Psychology Directorate’s culture.

The CAMHS service includes Psychiatrists, CPNs, Specialist nurses, Healthcare Support Workers, a Speech and Language Therapist, sessional Occupational Therapists, a Music Therapist, and an excellent Administrative team. We have a strong current staffing position with 8Bs, 8As, CAAPs and Assistants within the Psychology sub-team. We provide placements for Trainee CAAPs and Clinical Psychologists on the East of Scotland courses.

Our base is the Andrew Lang Unit, Selkirk and we use many locality venues alongside provision of NearMe (video) clinics. Use of a car is almost essential to deliver a service in our rural locality.

Whilst being a beautiful rural area, the Borders is still easily commutable from south and south eastern Scotland and north eastern England. Psychology jobplans currently support some working from home. Relocation expenses are available for eligible applicants moving into the immediate area. If you wish to work more than the advertised 0.6 WTE, or across wider specialities, please call to discuss potential options.

Please contact: Dr Andy Gentil (Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Lead for CAMHS & Paediatric Psychology, NHS Borders): 01750 23715