216900 - Consultant Clinical Psychologist

We are excited to advertise this permanent 0.5wte Band 8C Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Team Lead post within the Lothian Community Perinatal Mental Health Team and Mother and Baby Unit, based at St John’s Hospital in Edinburgh. You will play a key role in leading the service forward, in close collaboration with supportive MDT colleagues and with support and management from senior psychology colleagues. This post provides an excellent opportunity to further shape and develop the service to ensure that it continues to provide an effective and accessible specialist psychological support service.

Informal enquiries are very welcomed. Please feel free to email Dr Elisabeth Drewett (Acting Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Team Lead) to discuss this post further ()

Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.

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.

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.

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.