Consultant Clinical/counselling Psychologist

**The Role**:
The post holder will take a lead role in the clinical and strategic development of the TESS service and wider NHS Lanarkshire Eating Disorder pathway. They will work to ensure the delivery of a psychologically informed, clinically effective, and high quality service for people with eating disorders and their families/loved ones. There will be a significant leadership component to the post which will include clinical and strategic leadership across the team, and professional leadership of the psychological therapists, and operational management of the delivery of psychological interventions within the team.

TESS is a multi-disciplinary team that provides direct clinical care to people experiencing a severe eating disorder, and their families/loved ones. Additionally, there is an adapted service pathway for young adults in order to promote early intervention. A key remit of the service is to provide input to other ties of the NHS Lanarkshire ED pathway via training, consultation and supervision.

The post holder will work in close partnership with the TESS nursing team lead who takes line management responsibility for the staff within the service.

**NHS Lanarkshire**:
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

**What we'll need you to bring**:

- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology or equivalent recognised by the British Psychological Society and registered with the HCPC
- Maintain continuing professional development i.e. formal and informal postgraduate training, additional clinical experience etc. in the context of current British Psychological Society and HCPC guidelines
- Further postgraduate training in supervision of trainee clinical/ counselling psychologists and Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology
- Accredited supervisor

**It would be great if you also have**:

- Post Qualification training/CPD in Leadership
- Experience in Leadership role within patient / client group setting
- Expert knowledge of Eating Disorders and related co-morbid conditions

**Contract type**:
Permanent

Part Time

22.5 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

**Location and Working Pattern**:
This role will be based in Tertiary Eating Disorder Specialist Service within the Buchanan Centre

The working pattern for this rolewill be Monday - Sunday.

**Looking to find out more?**:
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

Please contact Jo Waine, Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Head of Psychological Specialities - 01698 752390

**Why NHS Lanarkshire?**:
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

- A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
- A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
- Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- Occupational health services
- Employee Counselling services
- Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

**Further Information**:
Proposed interview date - 7th March 2024

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

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