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

Job overview

Are you a skilled and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist looking to support in leading and shaping psychological services within a 14-25 yrs Community Youth Mental Health Service?



This role offers an exciting opportunity for an 8a Psychologist to provide high-quality psychological care, develop innovate clinical pathways and support staff and service users covering the beautiful Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. Although advertised as an 8a role, newly qualified Clinical Psychologists will be considered, commencing as a Band 7 with support provided to complete preceptorship requirements to progress to an 8a.



The role will involve working alongside a diverse multi-professional team, providing a high quality specialist clinical psychology service for individuals with complex mental health presentations. A variety of NICE recommended psychological interventions are offered within the team including Cognitive Analytical Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy, Family Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. There will be ongoing training opportunities to support the successful candidate in their continued professional development.



The team strives to be dynamic and creative and are dedicated to providing a needs-led approach to improve the lives of children and young people by providing a mental health service to be proud of. It is a service that shows compassion, kindness and hope at a time when families need it most.

Main duties of the job

Clinical: Provision of specialist psychology assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions for individuals, families and carers referred to the service. To provide specialist clinical psychology expertise, knowledge, advice, guidance and consultation to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care.


Service Development: Supporting in access to up-to-date psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions, enhancing collaboration, treatment choice, and effectiveness.


Supervision & Line Management: Offer supervision to other professionals, Clinical Trainees and Assistant Psychologists within the team as appropriate, fostering a culture of learning and excellence within the service.


Training & Development: Supporting and where appropriate implementing and delivering training to embed psychologically informed practices within the multidisciplinary team, supporting a stepped care model of psychological care.


Staff Wellbeing & Resilience: Promote staff wellbeing by leading reflective supervision and post-incident support enhancing resilience and retention in challenging environments.


Service User Engagement: Support in co-produced service development, empowering service users to actively shape psychological services through meaningful collaboration.


Innovation & Research: Collaborate with local universities to support teaching, supervise doctoral trainees. Contribute to research and quality improvement initiatives.

Working for our organisation

Why work for us?

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Some of the benefits you can expect:


NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more.

Person specification

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Qualifications

Essential criteria

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) Further post qualification, postgraduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Desirable criteria

Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice #

Experience

Essential criteria

Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity.

YOUR APPLICATION



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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

This post may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.