NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
Esteem Glasgow is an Early Intervention for Psychosis service providing multidisciplinary care for young people years old) experiencing a first episode of psychosis, and their families. The service aims to promote a vision of recovery as indicated by - maximizing levels of engagement, maximising contact with families and carers, minimising psychotic symptoms, service users spending less time in hospital with less use of the mental health act, fewer incidents of self-harm, increased user and carer satisfaction, increased number and range of interventions and improved social functioning to ensure recovery.
The post holder has a crucial role in leading the delivery of the above by providing highly specialist one to one psychological therapy with patients and families and will join a motivated and busy multi-disciplinary service which has 4 MDT's across Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
The post holder will have a role to manage and supervise other Clinical Psychologists in the service and other staff who have the delivery of psychological interventions as a part of their role including psychology assistants, Trainees, Research assistants and other mdt staff.
The post holder will be a senior clinician of Esteem service and will also benefit from a strong professional support network within Specialist Adult mental health service and across NHSGGC. The service has close links with the University of Glasgow - Department of Mental Health & Wellbeing including provision of teaching and placements for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Course.
The service is currently involved in supporting national Early Intervention Psychology Psychosis service developments and a large research trial. The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) and registered with the Healthcare Professions Council.
To discuss the post please contact: Suzy Clark, Consultant Clinical Psychologist by Telephone: email:
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