Clinical or Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist-mat cover

Clinical or Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist - Maternity Cover

This maternity cover role involves working in a friendly Psychology team to provide a broad range of psychological services. The North CMHT has a growing psychology and therapy team, and you will work under the supervision of experienced colleagues.

This post provides a real opportunity to be involved in service delivery that puts the people who use our services at the very heart of them.

We welcome informal queries should you wish to explore whether this is the post for you.

Main Duties of the Job

The main duties of the job are to provide assessment, formulation, and psychological intervention to service users and carers within the CMHT, as well as clinical supervision. You will provide evidence-based interventions for individuals and, if relevant, also to groups. We especially need to provide trauma-focused therapies, so a strong background in either EMDR or Trauma Focused CBT would be preferable. You'll also help the broader MDT team with consultation and training as necessary. There may also be opportunities to take part in quality improvement projects as part of a supportive and dynamic psychology team.

About 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.

Job Responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details regarding job description and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

• Experience of working with a variety of client groups and clinical presentations OR
• Extensive clinical experience of mental health work
• Highly specialised experience of developing and delivering specialised treatment packages with individuals and groups/families
• Experience in the supervision of practitioners in delivering psychological therapies
• Experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist within an MDT.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS
• Ongoing further specialist training/accredited short courses
• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) OR
• Postgraduate qualification/Post Graduate training in a specific therapy (e.g. CBT, CAT)
• Core Mental health professional training and registration or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Experience of working with adults presenting with complexity.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is 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.