Clinical Psychologist

Employer Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Hellesdon Hospital

Town Norwich

Salary £53,755 - £60,504 gross per annum pro rata

Salary period Yearly

Closing 10/04/2025 23:59

Clinical Psychologist

Band 8a

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.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support.

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.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.

Job overview

NSFT Secure Mental Health Services have been consistently rated "Good" by the CQC and are looking for a part-time Registered Psychologist who will join us on our journey to "Outstanding". Our Community secure services form part of a wide and growing body of clinical services operating in a variety of settings linked to criminal justice services.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist or suitably trained and experienced Counselling or Forensic Psychologist to join the multidisciplinary team providing services to individuals living in the community across Norfolk. Because this is a part-time post, the successful candidate will work alongside the current Clinical Psychologist and a full-time Assistant Psychologist.

We are looking for a psychologist who is committed to multidisciplinary working, has an interest in service development and who will support colleagues in developing their psychological knowledge and skills in addition to delivering a psychological assessment and treatment service to the users of the service.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holders will be part of the wider NSFT Secure Services Psychology Team and would receive clinical supervision, professional and governance support from within the team. Within NSFT Secure Services, we employ a diverse and supportive team of psychologists, including clinical, counselling and forensic psychologists, and we are able offer our team members the opportunity to continue to develop their expertise via training and development opportunities in different parts of our service.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification 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

• 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

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

Skills

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

Knowledge

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

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.