Director of Psychology (LW)

NHS Fife; Dunfermline; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Fife seeks a Director of Psychology to join its Senior Leadership Team. This pivotal role includes leading a large, multidisciplinary workforce and ensuring excellence in clinical care delivery within Applied Psychology services. The position offers flexibility with blended remote and onsite working options.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior leadership roles.
• Evidence of excellence in delivering clinical care.
• Experience in managing a multidisciplinary workforce.

Responsibilities

• Lead and operationally manage a workforce of 218 staff.
• Ensure delivery of safe and effective clinical care.
• Innovate within the Senior Leadership Team.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical care management

Applied Psychology

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Director of Psychology (LW), Dunfermline

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Client:

NHS Fife

Location:

Dunfermline, United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

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Posted:

18.06.2025

Expiry Date:

02.08.2025

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Job Description:

NHS Fife is committed to growing and developing our workforce; alongside wider ongoing whole system working and service evolution. Our organisation is dynamic, inclusive, values based and multi-disciplinary; with an ethos that promotes safe, effective, patient-centred care; and a culture that values, empowers, supports and develops our staff.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Fife Health and Social Care Partnership’s Senior Leadership Team in a key innovative role as the substantive Director of Psychology. This post has the option of blended remote and onsite working to suit the preferred candidate’s needs.

Within the Fife PT are provided and delivered by the Health and Social Care Partnership. The service has 12 core specialties and some sub specialties. The core services include Adult Mental Health, CAMHS, Older Adult Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Clinical Health, Addictions, Forensic, Maternity and Neonatal, Perinatal, Physical Rehabilitation, Staff Support and Wellbeing and Digital Therapies.

The post holder will lead and operationally manage a workforce of 218 staff including clinical and counselling Psychologists, Clinical Associates, Accredited Therapists, EPPs, Assistant Psychologists, Peer Support Workers, Clinical Trainees and business enabling staff.

We are looking for a candidate who has significant experience of working in senior leadership roles and is able to evidence excellence in leading others in delivering safe and effective clinical care within Applied Psychology services.