Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Clinical Psychologist

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Job summary

This role involves working in a new and developing psychology interface team. This friendly Psychology team provides a broad range of psychological services including therapy, supervision, training and consultation.

The team works closely with Primary Care Networks and GP's, and provides psychological therapies to service users that fall in the gap between NHS Talking Therapies and secondary care mental health services.

This is an exciting and developing offer,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 psychology interface team, as well as clinical supervision.You will provide evidence-based interventions for individuals and groups.

You will support colleagues in the Primary Care Network and G.P's 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.

Details

Date posted

10 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year gross per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-CNN6825551

Job locations

The City Anchorage

Bowthorpe Road

Norwich

NR2 3TD


Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Experience of working with a variety of client groups and clinical presentations

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist within an MDT.

Qualifications

Essential

  • 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)

Desirable

  • Experience of working with Adults presenting with complexity.
Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Experience of working with a variety of client groups and clinical presentations

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist within an MDT.

Qualifications

Essential

  • 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)

Desirable

  • 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.

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

The City Anchorage

Bowthorpe Road

Norwich

NR2 3TD


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

The City Anchorage

Bowthorpe Road

Norwich

NR2 3TD


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Dr Hannah Taylor

Hannah.Taylor@nsft.nhs.uk

03001234178

Details

Date posted

10 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year gross per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-CNN6825551

Job locations

The City Anchorage

Bowthorpe Road

Norwich

NR2 3TD


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