Principal Psychologist

3 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time

Principal Psychologist - Burns & Plastic Surgery

To provide a specialised Psychology service to patients of the Burns & Plastic Surgery Service in Glasgow Royal Infirmary; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

The Clinical Psychology service within the CPSU provides specialist psychological therapy input to inpatients and outpatients with psychological problems associated with their condition. The patient groups treated within the CPSU includes burns patients, those with certain forms of cancer (e.g. breast and skin cancer); those considering breast reconstruction following mastectomy; those with traumatic injuries requiring reconstruction; those with certain congenital differences and those requesting cosmetic procedures in the NHS.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service. To provide clinical and professional supervision to trainees undertaking Doctoral training. To undertake service development within own area of practice. To provide leadership in a number of areas of Plastic Surgery & Burns.

The post holder may be required to provide Psychology input across the service area and at different bases as required.



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