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.
We are seeking an enthusiastic Creative Therapist to join our service on a fixed term or secondment basis until June 2026 to support delivery of mental health services to children and young people up to the age of 18 years.
CAMHS in North Highland has been engaged in improvement and development work in order to improve waiting times, with the aim of meeting the referral to treatment standard by December 2025. Your work will be a valuable addition to the service and will support this aim. We have a range of psychological therapies professionals, nursing and psychiatry roles within the service across a number of clinical teams, and we support and encourage multi-disciplinary working. With 2 existing and established creative therapists in the service, we value the contribution your role can make and you will be well supported to provide assessments and interventions to young people who can benefit from your approach.
Our Creative Therapists are largely based within our Core team, but can be accessed by all clinical teams within CAMHS and therefore can work with a wide variety of presenting difficulties across the age range. Your role will also involve working with parents and partner professionals across education and wider children’s services.
Informal enquiries welcome to Dr Lindsay Chalton, Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Lindsay.chalton@nhs.scot.
This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa or a Health and Care Worker visa. NHS Highland is unable to provide candidates with a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) for this role.
Please note, if you wish to apply for this post on a secondment basis, please complete the secondment consent form below and return to nhshighland.recruitment@nhs.scot in addition to completing a full application for the post.