Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology; LW

Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology (LW)

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NHS Fife Psychology Service is a large, friendly and supportive place to work. We provide a service to the whole of Fife that includes all the major clinical specialties. We have an excellent reputation for innovation and developing staff.

We would like you to join our supportive and well established Adult Mental Health Psychology team. We are looking for people with initiative and enthusiasm who will join us in ongoing evidence-based service redesign and development to best meet the needs of our patients.

This post will provide clinical sessions across one or more of our Fife localities, delivering a range of interventions within a tiered approach to service delivery and contributing to the transformation of psychological care across Fife. The post will be based either in Lynebank hospital, Dunfermline or Stratheden Hospital, Cupar, depending on clinical need. Our AMH Psychology team includes Clinical & Counselling Psychologists, Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology, CBT therapists, Psychological Intervention Assistants, Assistant Psychologists and trainees, and is led by Consultant Clinical Psychologists.

There will be opportunities to develop your clinical expertise and for research and service evaluation to support service developments. You will have access to regular clinical and managerial supervision. We have an active in-house CPD programme as well as access to external CPD.

This is an opportunity to join a large area-wide Psychology Service that includes all the major clinical specialties. It has well-established links with the Universities of Edinburgh, Stirling and Dundee and provides placements for DClinPsychol trainees, trainees doing a range of clinically-based Masters programmes and the Enhanced Psychological Practitioner courses.

Potential applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Andy Summers, Head of Adult Mental Health Psychology, by email andrew.summerst or telephone for an informal discussion about this post.

• Please note this post may close early due to anticipated level of applicants
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As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

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.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the  website.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored

BEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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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