Clinical PsychologistinSelkirkinSelkirkPUBLISHED WED 26 MAR 2025

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(Band 8A, 0.8 WTE, Fixed Term for 9 months)

Base: Andrew Lang Unit, Selkirk, Scottish Borders.

NHS Borders Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service are delighted to invite applications for a fixed term Band 8A Clinical Psychologist working 4 days a week (0.8WTE). The post is not core funded and is fixed term for 9 months.

We wish to recruit a Clinical Psychologist with enthusiasm for a range of evidence based therapeutic interventions and the flexibility to integrate their psychological knowledge to meet our service users’ needs and who will also find working with us a good fit themselves.

The post will contribute to the delivery of a Psychology service to children, young people and families across the Scottish Borders, embedded within a multidisciplinary integrated CAMHS and Neurodevelopmental and intellectual disability service.

The CAMHS Psychology team is a small, friendly and collaborative group comprising the service Lead, 2 part-time 8Bs, 4 8A colleagues, 4 CAAPs, and 3 Assistant Psychologists. We provide rich core placements for Trainee CAAPs and both core and specialist placements for Trainee Clinical Psychologists. We have close links with Psychology colleagues across all specialities and we are part of the NHS Borders Psychology Directorate.

We are based in the Andrew Lang Unit in Selkirk, but we work throughout the Borders rural area, providing clinics across the region.

We welcome applications from qualified Clinical Psychologists with interest or experience in CAMHS or in closely related practice in the UK.

This role just like our service, has a broad and inclusive remit. It includes the delivery of quality evidence based Psychological Therapies for children and young people with mental health presentations, the assessment of and interventions for young people with suspected intellectual disability, and collaborative multidisciplinary work for those with neurodevelopmental differences.

Alongside your own clinical cases, you will potentially contribute to multidisciplinary core tasks, such as referral management, consultation, supervision, training and service development. Your job plan will take some account of your individual areas of strength, expertise and developmental needs. Supervision, peer collaboration, continued professional development and mentoring for individualised career progression are features of our culture.

We are a small service with a positive MDT working culture and a broad service remit. We provide support for community partners through consultation, coaching/mentoring (LIAM/BBA), direct neurodevelopmental assessments and interventions including CAMHS LD/ID, direct Tier 3 multidisciplinary and psychological interventions, and Tier 4 intensive community treatment. The CAMHS service includes Psychiatrists, CMHNs, LDNs, ND Specialist nurse, sessional AHPs and Administrative staff (with guest appearances from Therapets).

We have shared boundaries with one local authority, and as the smallest mainland health-board in Scotland we aim to be engaged, agile and innovative with our multiagency and third sector partners to meet the needs of our rural community.

We have an office base with some clinic rooms at the Andrew Lang Unit, Selkirk. We run numerous face to face clinics at the Borders General Hospital (near Tweedbank/Melrose), at numerous health centres across the Scottish Borders, alongside NearMe clinics. Many Psychology jobplans include some planned working from home, but we provide our service mostly face to face (in line with our service user’s preferences and needs). Use of a motor-vehicle is almost essential in providing this service across our rural catchment.

The Scottish Borders is a beautiful rural region. Low cost rental accommodation is available locally but many of the team commute from the Lothians.

If you are interested in working with us but wish to work less than 0.8WTE or have questions about the job plan, do feel free to call for a discussion.

Please contact: Dr Andy Gentil (Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Lead for CAMHS & Paediatric Psychology, NHS Borders):

• Please note: As this is a part time post the salary shown will be pro rata
• PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early**