Psychology Assistant (LW)

The Fife Psychology Service is a large service including clinical and health specialties, with extensive involvement in training, research and service development. We have close links with the Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee and St. Andrews Universities’ D.Clin.Psych and MSc courses, and professional development and research is well supported.

You should have a good honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for graduate basis registration with British Psychological Society and also the ability to travel during the working day.

This post is based within our project piloting a brief psychological assessment and formulation approach with neurodivergent adults. There will be opportunities to be involved in working with neurodivergent adults individually and in a group based setting, as well as in creating digital resources. The postholder will be involved in data collection and analysis to support our evaluation of project outcomes.

You work under the supervision of one or more clinical psychologists, will have access to regular clinical and managerial supervision, and will work closely with other colleagues delivering this project. The Fife Psychology service also has an active in-house CPD programme which you will be able to access as appropriate.

The post is based at our psychology base at Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline or our psychology base at Stratheden Hospital, Cupar. Please note that some of the work will be carried out throughout Fife.

Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub • Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.

Informal Enquiries: Dr Jill Jones, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Head of Learning Disability and Neurodevelopmental Psychology 01383 565210 jill.jones@nhs.scot

* Please note this post may close early due to anticipated level of applicants*

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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