232092 Principal Clinical Psychologist

6 days ago

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time £40,000 - £70,000 per year

Applied Psychologist posts – Paediatric Psychology and Liaison Service

This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join the Paediatric Psychology and Liaison Service (PPALS) within the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP).

PPALS provide assessment, treatment and care to children, young people and their parents/carers under the care of paediatric medical specialties on an in-patient and out-patient basis across NHS Lothian.

The postholder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and formulation-based individual- and group- interventions across a range of psychological presentations in paediatric health psychology. They will also deliver clinical supervision, consultation and a collaborative role across services involved in the continuity of psychological care.

We are interested in hearing from applicants requiring full-time or part-time hours and/or considering secondment opportunities. We welcome telephone enquiries to discuss these opportunities further.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact OR

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