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This post is suited to a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with significant experience of management. The post requires the experience and knowledge to lead a team in the Learning Disabilities Psychology Service within the area-wide Fife Psychology Service. The Learning Disabilities Psychology Service is a life span service meeting the needs of children and adults with a learning disability and neurodevelopmental differences. Services are provided within inpatient settings (including forensic), multidisciplinary community teams, community residential settings and specialist neurodevelopmental assessment teams. The post requires considerable managerial, professional and clinical skills.
You will head up a well-established staff team, comprising clinical psychologists (bands 8a, 8b and 8c), clinical associates in applied psychology and psychology assistants. The team provides psychological expertise to adults and children with learning disabilities, families and to the wider Health and Social Care system through psychological therapy and interventions, neuropsychological assessment, consultancy, supervision and training. As a member of the multidisciplinary Learning Disabilities Management Team and the Child Health Management Team, you will contribute to the aims and objectives of Fife Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and NHS Fife.
Fife Psychology Service is managed by the Director of Psychology who is line manager for this post. The Psychology Service sits within Fife HSCP’s Complex and Critical Care Directorate. You will join the Psychology Service’s management team, working with the Director of Psychology, to support management and leadership of the overall Psychology Service. Fife Psychology is a large (180+ clinicians), friendly and supportive service which covers the whole of Fife and includes all the major clinical specialties. The service has an excellent reputation for innovation and for developing staff, with extensive involvement in training, research and service development. Close links with Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee and St. Andrews Universities’ D. Clin. Psych and MSc courses continue and staff professional development, CPD and research initiatives are well supported. The post can be based at either of our psychology bases - Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline or Stratheden Hospital, Cupar.
Applications for a job share will be considered.
It is anticipated that interviews for this post will be held during early November
For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Frances Baty, Director of Psychology, on 01383 565442 or frances.baty@nhs.scot
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. Your offer/contract of employment will therefore reflect the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your Hiring Manager.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
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.