Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-WSU5982995
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bury South IDT
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 gross per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Associate Psychologist (CMHT for adults) Band 6
Band 6
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.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
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.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
We have a post available for a qualified Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP) to join our CMHT for adults with mental health difficulties.
You will work closely with the existing psychology team (including 2 clinical psychologists, another CAP, a CBTp therapist and an assistant psychologist) as well as the wider multidisciplinary team.
The post covers the geographical area West Suffolk, with bases in Bury St Edmund's, Sudbury and Haverhill.
If you have completed your CAP training with an adult populations and enjoy working with complexity and delivering psychologically informed individual and group interventions, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Associate Psychologist, your duties could include:
Undertaking appropriate clinical work under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist, including the provision of psychological assessment, formulation, individual and group interventions.
Active participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, case discussion and formulation meetings.
Involvement in development of policies and project work in collaboration with appropriate team colleagues, including the development of our current psychologically informed service offers.
Data gathering for audit and research purposes link.
Training, and consultation.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant will join our professional and friendly multidisciplinary team, where psychological interventions and consultation are highly valued.
The team consists of qualified and trainee nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, administration and assistant practitioner/support workers.
The post holder will need to be confident in completing assessments, running groups and delivering mental health interventions in person. They will also be required to support and work collaboratively with our colleagues within the CMHT service along with and the other organisations and allied teams in our care group.
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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Clinical Associate in Psychology qualification
- Eligibility for registration on the BPS Wider Psychological Workforce register as an Associate Psychologist
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant supervised experience of delivering psychological assessments and interventions in [setting/service user group relevant to their specific scope of practice]
- Experience of working in a setting with Service Users presenting with moderate to severe mental health difficulties
Personal Qulaities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Awareness of their own competence and expertise and work within those boundaries.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Sara Gracey
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07826 999191
- Additional information
Cathy Williams, Clinical Psychologist:
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