Job summary
This role involves working in a friendly Psychology team which provides a broad range of psychological services. The North CMHT has a growing psychology and therapy team 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
In this role, you will deliver Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and DBT-informed interventions to service users accessing our complex emotional needs, personality and trauma pathway in the CMHTs, as well as clinical supervision. You will also help the broader MDT team with consultation and training as necessary.
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 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 working as a qualified clinical psychologist (band 7) and able to evidence appropriate knowledge and experience in practice to enable the postholder to clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with a wide variety and severity of client groups and clinical problems, in various settings.
- Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment.
Desirable
- Experience of representing psychology within MDT setting and of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post.
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
- Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and /or therapies)
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist (band 7) and able to evidence appropriate knowledge and experience in practice to enable the postholder to clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with a wide variety and severity of client groups and clinical problems, in various settings.
- Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment.
Desirable
- Experience of representing psychology within MDT setting and of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post.
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
- Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and /or therapies)
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.
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.
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).
