Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

£3K Welcome or Relocation Bonus (T&C's apply)

We would also welcome applications from newly qualified clinical psychologists who are interested in a first post qualification role, this would be offered at a Band 7 level until successful completion of their preceptorship.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Psychologist to join the Central Youth Service. We work with 14-25 year old young people and their families across Norfolk. The successful candidate would be based at 80 St Stephens in Norwich. We welcome applications from those who wish to work part-time or full-time.

The Central Youth Team is undergoing a process of service transformation, with a strong vision of improving young people's experience of the service, and creating a workforce that feels empowered in working towards the flourishing of young people's mental health and wellbeing. The Youth Team comprises a supportive, friendly, and caring MDT that is motivated to provide quality care to young people, and also support each other in this endeavour. This is a chance for an enthusiastic and driven individual to join the team and contribute to our work.

Main duties of the job

In our service we support young people (aged 14-25 years) who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who provide the support that is needed - and they are motivated to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers.

As an employer, Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust is particularly committed to enabling our staff to do the very best they can through support and training, as well as opportunities for progression. We are confident, therefore, that the right candidate will have a real chance to make a positive impact to the lives of young people in Norfolk.

Our service provides a context to develop direct clinical skills. We offer a range of evidence-based interventions to support young people with mental health difficulties, such as: CBT, EMDR, DBT, MBT, and Family Therapy. Training in these or other areas will be encouraged and supported, in line with service needs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 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)

Desirable

• Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and / or therapies)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment
• Experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist (Band 7) and able to evidence appropriate knowledge and experience in practice to enable the post holder to clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologist

Desirable

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

Skills

Essential

• Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
• Able to effectively communicate technical and clinically sensitive information to service users, families, carers and other professionals, within and outside NHS.

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address

Central Youth Service

80 St Stephen's Road

Norwich

NR1 3RE

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