245523 - Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist - Infant Mental Health

Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist - Infant Mental Health

Part Time - 14.22 and 21.42 hours

Are you a compassionate, motivated and experienced Clinical Psychologist with a passion for Infant Mental Health?

The Lothian Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) is a small multi-disciplinary team supporting parent-infant relationships in the first three years of life, to promote optimal infant mental health. We provide assessment, formulation and a range of evidence based group and one-to-one interventions for infants and their parents/carers. We also provide indirect support through training, consultation and reflective practice to a range of professionals and services working with infants.

We are delighted to be recruiting a Clinical Psychologist who will hold a caseload of infants and parents/carers, deliver 1:1 and group interventions such as Circle of Security Parenting and Video Interaction Guidance, contribute to MDT formulation and reflective practice, run reflective practice sessions for partner staff and agencies, deliver relevant training, offer supervision to staff within the team, and offer regular consultation slots.

We recognise that some clinicians will not have had opportunity to work within this speciality previously and while enthusiasm, applicable skills and professionalism are essential, training in infant mental health and relevant interventions will be provided.

This post is available as a job share for part-time hours.

We warmly welcome informal enquiries and questions, which can be made to Dr Sarah Baillie, Principal Clinical Psychologist / Team Lead - or Dr Kirsten Coull, Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Lead - .

We intend to interview on Thursday 28th May 2026.

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 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: 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.

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

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.

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.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

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