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We have a vacancy for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our large, supportive and well-established Adult Mental Health Psychology team of psychological therapists. We are looking for people with initiative and enthusiasm who will join us in ongoing evidence-based service re-design and development to best meet the needs of our patients.
The team (including Clinical & Counselling Psychologists, Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology, Enhanced Psychological Practitioners and Assistant Psychologists) is led by Consultant Clinical Psychologists. This post is located in south-west Fife, delivering a range of interventions within a tiered approach to service delivery. Group and one-to-one therapies are delivered, through a blended model of face-to-face and online delivery.
You will have access to regular clinical and managerial supervision as well as opportunities for additional peer support and specialist supervision groups for therapies such as trauma-focused CBT, EMDR and schema focused therapy. The Service is friendly, innovative in service development, active in research and very supportive of 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.
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Nicola Smith on telephone number 01383 565403 or nicola.smith6@nhs.scot
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 GOV.UK website here.
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.
Please note the salary is pro rata for part time hours.
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