NS250975 – Applied Psychologist

Job Description

NHS Grampian Clinical Health Psychology Services

Band 8a Practitioner Psychologist

Part time (0.6 WTE) Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

NHS Grampian

The Acute Clinical Health Psychology Service is seeking a Band 8a Practitioner Psychologist to provide a specialised psychology service to for the Chronic Pain team as part of the wider clinical health psychology service based at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Aberdeen is a vibrant city, with good transport links, situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty next to the Cairngorm National Park, and miles of beautiful coastline.

This is an exciting professional development opportunity, well suited to a recently or newly qualified HCPC practitioner psychologist (clinical, health or counselling, where evidence of necessary competencies) offering professional development in transferrable skills across a number of clinical health services for an early career psychologist before choosing to specialise further. The post holder will be part of a supportive clinical health psychology team which spans a number of rapidly developing multi-disciplinary services. The post holder’s time will work primarily in the Chronic Pain team which has a strong MDT approach with potential opportunities for working in other service areas, subject to negotiation.

The post holder will be responsible for delivery and audit of the psychology service to include routine assessment, individual and group interventions, supervision, consultation and training. There are a number of service developments currently ongoing and the post holder would be expected to contribute to these, including aspects audit, evaluation and research.

The post holder will also be part of the wider Acute Psychology Service which includes psychologists working within a range of clinical specialities. This friendly, innovative team offers a wide variety of professional development opportunities, established teaching and research links with local universities, and collaborative working relationships with public health, the third sector and psychologists from other services locally and nationally.

Although previous experience in a physical health setting is an advantage, enthusiasm for working in this setting is more critical. Strong team working skills are essential. This is a permanent part time post.

Brief film about our service:

For further information, please contact Dr. Mary McCallum, Consultant Health Psychologist. email:

or Dr Helen Moffat Consultant Clinical Psychologist email:

Interviews scheduled for the 10th September 2026

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.

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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.