Clinical Associate In Applied Psychology

NHS Fife; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Fife invites applications for a Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology. This fixed-term post is 24.12 hours per week, split across Dunfermline and the UCAT-PI service, delivering a range of psychological interventions within adult mental health.

You will work under supervision, develop clinical expertise, and have access to CPD. The role includes sessions in the Dunfermline and West Fife AMH locality and across the UCAT-PI service to patients in crisis.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical sessions within the Dunfermline and West Fife AMH locality service.
• Deliver brief psychological interventions (UCAT-PI) to patients in crisis (4 sessions).
• Access regular clinical and managerial supervision and opportunities for peer support.

Job description

Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology

Job reference: 258793

Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)

Job closing date: 04/11/2026

Job Type: Other Therapeutic

Location: Lynebank Hospital

Employment type: Fixed-term

Hours Per Week: 24.12

Job posted date: 21/10/2026

Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife

Department: Psychology Adult Mental Health

Job Advert

Part time 24.12 hours per week; across 9-5 Monday - Friday

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 Adult Mental Health Psychology Team. We are looking for people with initiative and enthusiasm who will contribute to service redesign and development to best meet the needs of our patients. There will be opportunities to develop your clinical expertise and for research and service evaluation to support this programme of work.

This is a split post across the Dunfermline and West Fife AMH Locality service, and the Unscheduled Care Psychological Interventions Team (UCAT-PI). This post will provide clinical sessions based within our Dunfermline and West Fife AMH locality service, 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 also provide sessions Fife wide in the UCAT-PI Service, providing brief Psychological interventions (4 sessions) to those who have presented to UCAT services in crisis. Referrals come from the UCAT team.

You will have access to regular clinical and managerial supervision as well as opportunities for additional peer support. We have an active in-house CPD programme as well as access to external CPD to support service developments.

Informal Enquiries: Potential applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Rowena McElhinney, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, by email [e-mail] or telephone [phone] for an informal discussion about this post.

Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity

Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found on the NHS Fife Blink hub. 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.

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

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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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Supporting Documents

NHS Fife - Terms & Conditions January 2024 (PDF)

Job Description AMH UCAT PI 7 DWF (DOCX)

PS AMH UCATPI 7 DWF 2026 (DOCX)