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Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Assistant Psychologist

The closing date is 17 August 2025

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a small team of Psychologists who are improving pathways and delivering therapies for victims and survivors of sexual assault across Norfolk & Waveney. This Enhanced Mental Health Pathway (for Sexual Assault and Abuse) team work with service users with complex trauma presentations, working across NSFT community teams and VCSE and system partners like the Sue Lambert Trust, Survivors in Transition, and the Harbours Centre. In addition to providing highly specialist therapies, the team will provide consultation and training to system partners.

Main duties of the job

In this assistant psychologist role, under the supervision of a Consultant Psychologist, you will be supporting the evaluation of the EMHP (SAA). You'll be meeting service users to support service user involvement, collect clinical outcomes and will be supporting NHSE dashboard reporting.

  • To support the evaluation of the EMHP (SAA)
  • To collect clinical outcome data and support reporting
  • To manage information and materials on intranet pages and teams channels
  • To co-create and co-deliver training
  • To co-ordinate audit and service evaluation.
  • To co-facilitate psychoeducational groups

About us

Benefits included with this role are:-

  • 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.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

NSFT is committed to lifelong learning and continuous professional development (CPD) for its entire staff. There are a variety of definitions of CPD across the professions but it is usually taken to mean learning activities which update existing skills.

CPD is determined through appraisal with a personal development plan agreed between an individual and their manager, with the commitment of the necessary time and resources.

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!

Interviews are to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days' notice, please note this date is provisional and may be subject to change. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Details

Date posted

11 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year gross per annum/ pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-COR7226189

Job locations

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH


Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached job description

  • To support the evaluation of the EMHP (SAA)
  • To collect clinical outcome data and support reporting
  • To manage information and materials on intranet pages and teams channels
  • To co-create and co-deliver training
  • To co-ordinate audit and service evaluation.
  • To co-facilitate psychoeducational groups

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached job description

  • To support the evaluation of the EMHP (SAA)
  • To collect clinical outcome data and support reporting
  • To manage information and materials on intranet pages and teams channels
  • To co-create and co-deliver training
  • To co-ordinate audit and service evaluation.
  • To co-facilitate psychoeducational groups

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A BPS accredited degree in Psychology at 2.1 or above

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of quantitative research

Desirable

  • Experience of research in the NHS

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of Mental Health & quantitative research
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care.

Desirable

  • An understanding of the needs & difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
  • An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context.

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel independently.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A BPS accredited degree in Psychology at 2.1 or above

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of quantitative research

Desirable

  • Experience of research in the NHS

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of Mental Health & quantitative research
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care.

Desirable

  • An understanding of the needs & difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
  • An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context.

Other

Essential

  • 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).

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH


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

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH


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:

Psychological Professions Programme Manager

Isabel Pollock

isabel.pollock@nsft.nhs.uk

07788396202

Details

Date posted

11 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year gross per annum/ pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-COR7226189

Job locations

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH


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