Band 7/ 8a Clinical Psychologist
Job summary
This post represents an exciting opportunity to join a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) serving adults across West Norfolk based at Chatterton House in Kings Lynn. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide psychological assessment, formulation, consultation and intervention for adults presenting with a wide range of mental health difficulties.
The team has expertise in a wide range of therapist including CBT, CAT, EMDR, DBT, Art Therapy and Lifespan Integration. The role offers opportunities to work closely with colleagues across the wider pathway, supporting the delivery of high-quality, psychologically informed care and contributing to the continued development of services for adults with complex and enduring mental health needs.
This post would suit a qualified or newly qualified Clinical Psychologist seeking to further develop their skills in adult mental health, multidisciplinary working and service development.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about delivering high-quality psychological care, confident in using research evidence and national guidance to inform clinical practice, and committed to improving outcomes and experiences for service users and carers.
For newly qualified psychologists, we can offer a comprehensive programme of support, including regular supervision, opportunities to develop skills in consultation and reflective practice, and access to relevant training.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist psychological leadership within the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), promoting psychologically informed and trauma-informed approaches to care across the service Offer consultation, supervision, reflective practice and psychological advice to multidisciplinary colleagues to support effective assessment, formulation and intervention for adults with complex mental health needs.
Deliver specialist psychological assessments, formulations and evidence-based interventions for adults presenting with a wide range of mental health difficulties, including those with complex and enduring mental health problems. Lead and support psychologically informed approaches to formulation, risk assessment and risk management, working collaboratively with service users, carers and professional networks.
Contribute to the development and delivery of training that supports best practice, promotes trauma-informed and neurodiversity-informed care, and enhances the psychological skills of the wider workforce. Work closely with colleagues across secondary care, primary care and voluntary sector partners to ensure joined-up care and improved outcomes for service users.
Support the collection, evaluation and use of outcome measures, audit findings and service data to improve the quality and effectiveness of psychological services. Provide clinical placements, mentorship and supervision for trainee psychologists and other colleagues as appropriate, supporting workforce development.
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 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! 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.
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Person Specification
Qualification · Essential
Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology or counselling, accredited by BPS Supervisor training, to be a supervisor of doctoral programme clinical/counselling psychology trainees or willing to undertake training Registered (or in process of registering) as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
Desirable
Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and / or therapiest) Relevant experience
Essential
Experience working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist (Band 7) or as a trainee Clinical Psychologist 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 working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment.
Skills · Essential
Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Well -developed communications skills (oral and written) Skills in neuropsychological assessment.
Knowledge · Essential
Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis. Knowledge of mental health legislation within specialist clinical context.
Other · Essential
Able to identify, provide and promote appropriate support strategies to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours. Able to use multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings. Ability to travel independently
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
