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

Please note, NSFT uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Job overview

Clinical Psychologist 8a 1.0wte (Maternity Leave Cover; fixed term August 2025 - May 2026)



Waveney Older People's CMHT and Memory Treatment Service; Carlton Court Hospital



An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to provide maternity leave cover for our service as we develop our older people's community team and memory assessment services in the Waveney area. The service works with older people with a diagnosis of dementia or functional mental health problems with additional age-related complexities. Our community services support older people living in the Waveney valley and along the North Suffolk coast and comprise a CMHT, Memory Treatment Service, Inreach / Outreach Service and Intensive Older Peoples Service.



We are looking for applicants who are passionate about providing high quality care to older people living in the local community. The post will include opportunities for innovation, quality improvement and training. We have strong links with the clinical psychology course at UEA and the locality is keen to promote good practice and support continued professional development.



You will be working alongside an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist within a well-established team. There will be regular opportunities to meet with other psychologists working with older people across the trust and to receive peer support from the 8b Clinical Psychologist based in the Older Peoples Community Mental Health Team at Northgate Hospital.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the duties that can be found in the job description attached, you will work with the consultant psychologist to provide excellent psychological care for older people in Lowestoft and Waveney, in line with the aspirations of national agendas such as the Long-Term Plan. Our focus is on ensuring that older people can access the very best evidence-based care which supports their emotional wellbeing and addresses areas of unmet psychological need. You will be involved in providing assessment / formulation, individual therapy, neuropsychological assessment and interventions with individuals, carers and families, including supporting the ongoing implementation of a CST group. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team participating in regular team meetings, will provide consultation to colleagues and support the development of team formulations across the wide range of professionals within the older people's service. We are focussed on promoting psychologically informed care and you will be actively involved in providing education and teaching to colleagues across the various services. This post will be supported by the locality Director of Psychology as well as the Associate Director of Psychology for Older People. The post holder will have the opportunity to work alongside other psychologists across the locality

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?

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

Our locality is very committed to developing high quality services and community teams for older people across the trust have been rated as good by the CQC. We are committed to delivering equitable services and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and we value the wellbeing of our staff. As a service we are keen to support our colleagues to develop roles that reflect their professional interests and unique needs and would welcome a conversation around flexible working. Whilst most of the work would be at the team base at Carlton Court Hospital the role would also allow a degree of remote working.




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Person specification

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Qualifications

Essential criteria

Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) #

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working with a wide variety and severity of client groups & clinical problems, in various settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems. Experience of supervision and teaching.

Desirable criteria

Experience of representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts). #

Skills

Essential criteria

Able to effectively communicate technical and clinically sensitive information to service users, families, carers and other professionals, within and outside NHS. #

Knowledge

Desirable criteria

Well-developed knowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention and assessment in specialist clinical service-user groups.

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.

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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.