Band 7/8a Acute Services Clinical Psychologist
1 day ago
Norwich
Main area Adult Acute Services Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 246-CEN8310097 Site Grebe House, Hellesdon Hospital Town Norwich Salary £57,528 - £64,750 gross per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59 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. 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. Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role. We are excited to offer an opportunity to join the Acute Psychology team working across wards at Hellesdon Hospital, which includes 3 female and 2 male adult acute wards, and female Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit. Applications from new qualified psychologists looking to complete their preceptorship from band 7 to 8a are welcomed. The role involves close working with the wider multi-disciplinary team, promoting the use of psychological models and encouraging psychological thinking for the ward staff and the leadership team. Given the nature of the wards, work will often be focussed on assessment and formulation, with consideration for what would support discharge for the patient. Opportunities for extended pieces of work will also be available, in order to support your ongoing development. We are a friendly, welcoming and supportive psychology team including a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, 2 Assistant Psychologists, Psychotherapists and Clinical and Counselling Psychologists. We come with a range of specialist interests and therapy expertise and have strong links to the UEA doctorate course. • Completing assessments/formulations with the client to support their understanding of their mental health, guide ward staff in their support of the client, and inform discharge planning., • Completing brief and extended psychological interventions using evidence based models., • Working closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team to support trauma-informed, psychological thinking and promotion of risk formulation/safety planning to inform the team's intervention and discharge plans., • Supervision of trainee psychologists, and assistant psychologists where appropriate., • Offering regular reflective practice and team formulations to the wider teams as well as training on a range of relevant topics., • Working on relevant research projects, audits, data analysis and trust related wider projects that help support and promote national initiatives and priorities in the delivery of inpatient care. 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. 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: • 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), • NHS discounts and many more. P Lease visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs 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. • 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 as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC), • Evidence of additional CPD in one or more areas of psychological practice, • Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and / or therapy), • 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., • Experience of representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts)., • Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post., • Experience of supervision and teaching, • Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management., • Well -developed communications skills (oral and written), • Skills in neuropsychological assessment., • Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology., • Knowledge of mental health legislation within specialist clinical context., • Evidence of CPD as recommended by BPS, • Well-developed knowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention and assessment in specialist clinical settings and service user group, • 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, • Experience of working within a multicultural framework., • Experience of providing specific support intervention and strategy for staff. YOUR APPLICATION We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at . PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your "junk" mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your " junk" inbox. Name Dr Rosie Wheeler, Job title Principal Clinical Psychologist, Email address . Additional information: Please feel free to email for more information and to arrange a telephone call and/or face to face visit. This post may be 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. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. #J-18808-Ljbffr