Clinical Psychologists

The Fife Area-Wide Psychology Service is a large (100 + wte) service comprising a range of clinical specialties, with extensive involvement in training, research and service development. This post is part of the Child and Family specialty which consists of a staff group of over 30 Clinical Psychologists, CAAPs, Assistant Psychologists and trainees. We have new vacancies for 2.7 WTE clinical psychologists to work in core and specialist CAMHS services in Fife. You will be line managed within the child and family psychology specialty within the Fife Area Psychology Service, but will be embedded in the specialist CAMHS teams.

• 1.3 WTE provision for core CAMHS Teams
• 0.8 WTE 8a to increase the psychology resource for The Beeches service, an established CAMHS MDT supporting looked after children and young people.
• 0.6 WTE 8a to increase the psychology resource for the Seaview Service an established CAMHS MDT supporting children and young people who have experienced sexual trauma.

All the teams are multi-disciplinary and include psychology, social work, nursing, psychiatry and psychotherapy.

You will have responsibility for providing assessment and treatment for children and young people presenting with complex psychological difficulties. You will manage your own caseload, but will work closely with other members of the team and multi-agency services. You will have support from senior clinical psychology staff in the CAMHS psychology team. We support a variety of therapeutic modalities including CBT, ACT, IPT and EMDR and there will be opportunities for CPD, delivering training and supervision of others.

The Child and Family Psychology service vision is to provide high quality, evidence based assessments and interventions to all children and young people where there are concerns about their psychological wellbeing / mental health, from the universal to intensive / specialist level. Through the expansion of early intervention, group interventions and online services, we aim to increase accessibility and develop services to meet the changing needs of our target population, enabling children and young people to access care at the earliest opportunity.

Through our multi-disciplinary and multi agency working we aim to increase psychological understanding and skills across the child and family workforce, championing the evidence base for psychological interventions and enhancing capacity. We have close working relationships with colleagues in Children’s Services, Education and CAMHS.

You will also take an active part in the Area Psychology Service, seeking opportunities for research, professional development and contributing to that of others. The department has close links with Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee and St. Andrews Universities, D. Clin.Psych and MSc courses. Your professional development, CPD and research initiatives will be well supported.

The posts will be based at Whyteman’s Brae, Kirkcaldy and Stratheden Hospital, Cupar & Lynebank Hospital Dunfermline

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Hilary Maddox, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on01383 565400

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

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.