Job Description

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.



We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience



YOUR APPLICATION



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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 0.6wte 8b clinical/counselling/forensic psychologist to provide clinical leadership to the male inpatient pathway at Hellesdon Hospital, which comprises of two wards and a total of 33 beds. You will be joining our well-established psychology team working across the largest acute service in NSFT that comprises of five inpatients wards, 3 of which are part of the new build, and a crisis resolution home treatment team; there is also likely to be one more ward opening by the end of this year.


Within the role you will be helping to provide psychological clinical leadership, regarding MDT decision making, risk management and reduction in restrictive interventions. You will work closely with our multi-disciplinary team colleagues, helping to inform and engage the teams in more psychological ways of thinking and formulating our service users. You will work alongside other psychology colleagues to aid smooth transition and coherent treatment/management plans for service users across the inpatient service line and back into wider community services.



You will provide supervision and line management to other members of the psychology team within the male pathway that includes a full time 8a clinical psychologist, B7 art therapist and assistant psychologist. This will include ensuring adherence to evidence base practice, outcome measures and audit data.


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Main duties of the job

The work is challenging, fast paced and rewarding; our psychology team come with a range of specialist interests and therapy expertise and have strong links to the UEA doctorate course. There will be the opportunity for training and development as part of the role.


Ensuring the provision of evidence based psychological assessment and treatment across the male inpatient wards.

Providing specialist assessment and formulation of complex clients to help aid clinical decision making re diagnosis, management of risk and treatment pathways.

Working closely with the wider MDT as well as community services involved, to provide clinical leadership in order to enhance psychological thinking and promotion of psychological formulation to facilitate optimal patient care and promote best practice guidelines.

Working with families and carers where appropriate, particularly on complex cases where the system may feel quite 'stuck'.

Provision of line management and clinical supervision to other clinicians within the inpatient psychology team.

Working alongside the Associate Director of Psychology to help contribute to local and trust level service development and initiatives where appropriate.

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Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us?

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.


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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We would be very pleased to talk to you about the post. For more information please contact Jamie Durrance, Associate Director of Psychology on 07557744742 or jamie.durrance@nsft.nhs.uk


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Person specification

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Qualifications

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Essential criteria

Post-Graduate Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology Post Graduate qualification or training in a specific psychological therapy e.g. CAT, CBT, DBT #####

Desirable criteria

Evidence of CPD training in supervision of others Evidence of CPD training in clinical leadership Evidence of CPD training in a specialism relevant to the clinical role ####

Relevant Experience

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Essential criteria

Relevant experience working in an inpatient setting (acute or forensic) Evidence of extensive experience working with adult service users presenting with severe and complex MH difficulties Extensive experience working as a qualified psychologist (ideally 4 yrs+) #####

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in an acute adult MH setting such as inpatient, CRHT or Psychiatric Liaison Experience providing line management to junior colleagues within a team Experience supervising others including trainee clinical psychologists Evidence of well developed theory and practice of working with complex clients using a range of psychological therapies Evidence of providing training to other staff

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.


As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.


DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)

FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures - these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.



Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.


The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.


This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of 16 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.


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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.


This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.