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Clinical Psychology

(Learning Disabilities Service)

Based at Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Permanent

Full Time

Band 8A

35.15 hours (0.95wte)

We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent Band 8A Applied Psychologist within the Learning Disabilities Psychology Service in NHS Lothian. You will be based in one or more of the Lothian Community Learning Disability Teams, where you will provide specialist assessment and therapy to address the psychological needs of people with learning disabilities. You will work closely and creatively with multidisciplinary colleagues to achieve positive outcomes for our clients, as well as contributing to the development of the wider Learning Disabilities Psychology Service. You will have opportunity to develop your skills in supervision, teaching, and consultation, as well as building on your existing experience of providing specialist assessment and therapy for people with learning disabilities. We have excellent links with the East of Scotland Doctorate in Clinical Psychology course and the successful candidate will be encouraged to participate in research and evaluation activities.

We are looking for an applied psychologist who is passionate about the rights of people with a learning disability, and can display the skills and creativity to ensure psychological assessment and therapy are accessible for people with learning disabilities and their carers. You will also have an aptitude for developing collaborative relationships with multidisciplinary colleagues and supporting other staff to develop their skills in psychological work. As this is a Lothian wide post it is possible that at some point in the future the post holder may be required to provide input to other areas of NHS Lothians Learning Disability services across the Lothians.

The Learning Disabilities Psychology Service provides a friendly, supportive and stimulating environment in which to work. Staff within our service have a range of clinical interests reflecting a variety of theoretical and therapeutic orientations, and you will be supported by the services consultant clinical psychologist/professional lead and two 8b psychologists, as well as a peer group of band 8a psychologists.

Edinburgh and the Lothians are a great place to live and work. Find out about what its like to work as a psychologist in NHS Lothian here: Recruitment Film - Psychological Therapies - Subtitled.mp4 on Vimeo.

NHS Lothian is committed to fair and equitable conditions of employment and as an organisation it recognises that employees may require to change their place of residence as a result of taking up a post and so will ensure that where this is the case employees are reimbursed appropriately.

Potential applicants are encouraged to contact us for an informal conversation to find out more about the service. For informal enquiries please contact Dr Reed Cappleman, Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Professional Lead for Learning Disabilities.

Email: reed.cappleman@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Tel: 0131 537 6270

Closing date: 3 weeks from placing of advert, please

For more information, please contact:

Dr Reed Cappleman

Consultant Clinical Psychologist /

Professional Lead for Learning Disabilities

0131 537 6270.

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.