139424 - Clinical Psychologist - Dm

The post holder will provide a systematic and autonomous Clinical Psychology service to adults with learning disabilities living in the NHS Lanarkshire catchment area, including direct psychological assessment and therapeutic intervention; advice and consultation to other professionals and carers; and the provision of specialist services as dictated by the interests of the post holder and needs of the service. The post holder will conduct specific service related tasks within the Department as directed by the Head of Department to further develop the service offered by the Psychology Department, and the wider learning disabilities service, using research skills for the purpose of audit, research and service development. The post holder will have clinical oversight of (supervise and support psychological input provided by) Doctoral Level Trainee Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists and Psychological Therapists. The post holder will provide teaching to East and West of Scotland doctoral courses in clinical psychology.

Minimum requirements for this post are to be eligible for registration as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist as per the requirements laid down by the Health Professions Council (HPC). That is, EITHER holds a post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, from an accredited UK training program, which includes academic, research and clinical components OR be granted statement of equivalence by the HPC with respect to qualification gained overseas OR meet the requirements by having attained registered status via the “grand parenting” route.

You must also prepare to undertake appropriate CPD as defined by Health Professions Council (HPC) plus undertake the appropriate training to become an accredited supervisor for Doctoral Trainees.

Ideally you will hold specialized post-doctoral training in the assessment and treatment of learning disabilities. and hold specialized post-doctoral training in the provision of services for the learning disabled persons, including organizational behaviour; regulatory and legislative processes; disability law, and inter-agency cooperation and leadership.

Your knowledge for this post must include Classification and epidemiological issues, including major classification systems for learning disabilities (AAMR, DSM-IV, ICD-10) and basic knowledge of the classification of other mental disorders and Psychopathology, including the biological, social, and psychological bases of psychiatric disorders, and the at times unusual way that psychiatric disorders manifest in individuals with a learning disability.

‘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.’