Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Job details

• Job reference: 259825
• Salary: Band 8A (£65,125 - £70,303)
• Job closing date: 30/10/2026
• Job Type: Other Therapeutic
• Location: Udston Hospital
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 36
• Job posted date: 16/10/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire
• Department: Neurodevelopmental Service

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The NHS Lanarkshire Neurdvelopmental Service School Team is expanding and we are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our team. You will work within schools completing psychometric testing and neurodevelopmental assessments with a range of professionals. You will provide supervision of CAAPs and Mental Health Clinicians.

Training and support will be provided.

The role will be to provide a high quality clinical psychology service to children, adolescents and families in a specified Child and Adolescent Mental Health [CAMH] team working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the department’s policies and procedures. This includes:

• Psychological assessment and therapy
• Advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non psychological colleagues and to other non professional carers.
• Teaching principles of psychological theory and therapy to non psychologist colleagues in health and social care.
• To provide teaching and supervision to other psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, trainee and graduate Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology and Assistant Psychologists
• To apply research skills to guide and develop evidence based clinical practice, and in service development, service evaluation and clinical audit, and undertaking clinically relevant research.

The working pattern for this role is - Monday to Friday

In this key role, you will:

• To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the Tier 3 Multidisciplinary team based on the appropriate use, interpretation and incorporation of complex and conflicting data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, semi structured interviews with clients, family members and other involved in the client’s care. Also using rating scales, self report
• To contribute specialist knowledge and skills to the pre and post qualification teaching of Clinical Psychologists, doctoral trainees, and trainee Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology as required.
• To manage the workloads of Trainee Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, and trainee Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology within the framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
• To receive and make appropriate use of regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior Clinical Psychologist in accordance with good practice guidelines.

What You'll Bring:

• A First Class Honours or Upper second Class degree in Psychology that provides eligibility for graduate basis for registration with British Psychological Society.
• An accredited postgraduate Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology to meet the requirements for eligibility to register as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and as a member of the Health and Care Professions Council. Once registered as a member of the HCPC, the post holder should maintain registration. These qualifications confer an advanced level of theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of theoretical models and working practices.
• Significant post qualification experience of working with children and young people with psychological problems and their families.
• Training in and experience of, supervising doctoral Clinical Psychology trainees and trainee Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology.
• Ongoing professional development activities as required to continue practising as a Clinical Psychologist, including clinical supervision and further specialist courses and training.

A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Suzanne Shields, Clinical Manager, Neurodevelopmental Service, Child and Family on Suzanne.Shields@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Gemma Irwin, Recruitment Administrator on Gemma.Irwin@Lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

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Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

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