Job reference: 263305
Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
Job closing date: 02/12/2026
Job Type: Other Therapeutic
Location: Mountainhall Treatment Centre
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 28.8
Job posted date: 04/11/2026
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Dumfries & Galloway
Department: Psychological Services

Job Advert
A permanent vacancy has arisen in our Department for a Clinical Associate Applied Psychologist to work within the Clinical Health Psychology service – Energy Limiting Conditions. This post will join existing multi-disciplinary clinicians in the delivery of services to adults living with Energy Limiting Conditions including supporting self-management, adjustment, and management of mood.

Applications are invited from an enthusiastic and energetic individual who wants to play key roles in offering evidence-based psychological interventions to this population. This is an exciting new post to increase the reach and capacity of psychological approaches to this client group and its workforce. The role will involve contributing to the development of the ELC pathway, providing psychological assessment and treatment, delivery of ELC education sessions, and advancing other service developments.

The Department, which now has a complement of around 80 staff, has psychologists and psychological therapists in all major specialties and is a friendly, supportive and lively place of work. We currently have strong links with Edinburgh and Stirling/Dundee Universities and take trainees from the Edinburgh Doctorate course and from the MSc course in Stirling/Dundee. We also provide placements and supervision for trainee CBT and other psychological therapists. The post has dedicated CPD and supervision time.

Informal enquiries/visits are welcomed. To arrange a visit or for further information please contact Dr Ross Warwick, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Dept of Psychological Services & Research, Mountainhall Treatment Centre, Bankend Road, Dumfries DG1 4AP. Tel 01387 244495

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