252034 (SM) Psychological Therapist

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Psychological Therapist (Band 7) CAMHS Outpatient Team

NHS Lothian | Permanent | 0.85 WTE (30.6 hours)

NHS Lothian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are seeking to recruit highly motivated and clinically experienced Registered Mental Health Nurses or Occupational Therapists into the role of Psychological Therapist within our community outpatient teams.

This is an exciting opportunity to apply and further develop advanced therapeutic skills in a well-established, multidisciplinary CAMHS service delivering specialist mental health care to children and young people aged 5–18.

Applicants are required to have completed (or near completed) Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). It is also desirable to have experience working with complex health needs with children/young people as well as further evidenced based psychological therapies such as Family-Based Therapy (FBT), Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT), Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) or Interpersonal Therapy (IPT).

Working Pattern: Monday–Friday, typically 9:00–17:00 though flexible and part-time working options can be considered.

If you are passionate about improving mental health outcomes for children and young people and want to develop your career in a forward-thinking CAMHS service, we would welcome your application.

Informal Enquires Can Be Made By Contacting

• Brian Thomas (Midlothian CAMHS Nurse lead), Tel: View phone number on uk.workus.org or by email ***email_hidden***

Or alternatively

• Lorna Jones (Clinical nurse manager), CAMHS Lothian Tel: View phone number on uk.workus.org or by email View email address on uk.workus.org

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Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

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.

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.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

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