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Clinical / Practitioner Psychologist
Gradd
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Parhaol
Oriau
Rhan-amser - 18.75 awr yr wythnos
Cyfeirnod y swydd
839-7358764-BM
Cyflogwr
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Math o gyflogwr
NHS
Gwefan
Norwich Community Hospital
Tref
Norwich
Cyflog
£55,690 - £62,682 (pro rata, per annum)
Cyfnod cyflog
Yn flynyddol
Yn cau
19/08/2025 23:59
Dyddiad y cyfweliad
03/09/2025

Teitl cyflogwr

NHS

Clinical or Practitioner Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

NCH&C is proud to be the first standalone NHS community trust in the UK to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our focus is on continually improving the quality of care we offer to local people and on improving access to that care, helping people to move seamlessly from one service to another. Praising NCH&C’s “compassionate, inclusive and effective leadership at all levels”, the CQC observed that our staff are well supported to make positive changes and innovations.

Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust is committed to continuing to create a modern and inclusive work environment. As part of this commitment we actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible, to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce to maintain and improve their wellbeing. The trust offers a range of flexibility, including flexible working patterns, and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Trosolwg o'r swydd

We are seeking a compassionate, innovative, and enthusiastic Band 8a Clinical or Practitioner Psychologist to join our Outstanding community Children’s and Young People’s Specialist services.  You would be joining a friendly and supportive highly specialist multidisciplinary team and would be involved in shaping psychological provision within our Learning Disability Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Starfish).

 

The post is 18.75 hours per week, and will be across Norfolk; including Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth and Norwich. Bases are negotiable and flexible working is supported and includes agile/home working where relevant. 

 

The Starfish Team offers assessment and intervention for young people of school age (4-18 years) with a diagnosed learning disability who are experiencing significant behavioural and/or mental health difficulties. 

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Your role will be varied and will include a range of assessment, formulation, and intervention. This will include direct and indirect work with the children and young people that we support, as well as their families and the professional networks involved in their care.

 

Your role will include bringing a psychologically informed perspective through consultation to the clinical team and external agencies. There will be opportunities to contribute to the supervision, teaching and training of psychological practitioners and other professionals within the team.

 

You will utilise your research skills for audit, policy and service development, and dissemination of appropriate research evidence. Further involvement in research can also be supported where appropriate to the needs of the service.

 

Our supportive teams value innovation, foster development and are committed to improving the lives of the children and young people we work with. There will be the opportunity to liaise with other Psychologists working within the Trust. The Psychology Team within NCH&C offers excellent opportunities for CPD, research and teaching as well as close links with the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia. 

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Find out more about working for our organisation here: 

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/2565ae62eb.html

 Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

 

We would love to hear from candidates who have a passion for working with children and young people with Learning Disabilities. We strongly encourage informal visits and discussion prior to application and have allocated slots for prospective applicants to book into in order to discuss the roles and answer any questions. Please contact the Starfish Team, [email protected], for more information.

 

Clinical Contacts:

Dr Lorna Christoforou-Hazelwood, Clinical Psychologist, [email protected], 01603 272319

 

 

Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

Please see attachments to view job descriptions for both Psychologist roles - Clinical Psychologist JD and Practitioner Psychologist JD.

Manyleb y person

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Good honours degree in Psychology.
  • Graduate membership of BPS.
  • Post-graduate doctorate in relevant Psychology field, accredited by the BPS.
  • Training in the supervision of clinical psychologists
  • Registration or application to register with Health and Care Professions Council.
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Other related academic qualifications to Masters or Doctorate level.
  • Application for Chartered status made to British Psychological Society.
  • Training in diagnostic assessment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders e.g. DISCO, ADOS & ADI).

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of children and young people across a range of care settings.
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
  • Experience of exercising full responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
  • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
  • Working with client group either during or prior to training.
  • Further training within designated specialty.
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
  • Record of having published in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
  • Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
  • Experience in the processes for safeguarding vulnerable children.

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • High level (doctoral) skills in: communication; teaching; supervision; analysis and formulation and research methodology.
  • An identified area of specialist knowledge within designated specialty.
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation and implications for clinical practice.
  • Ability to manage own work timetable.
  • Ability to participate in supervision.
  • Ability to resolve difficult interpersonal situations.
  • Ability to manage stress generated by work/work environment.
  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, including contentious and highly distressing information, to children and their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • Good understanding of other professionals’ theoretical perspectives of children and young people.
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Specialised training/knowledge.
  • Advanced keyboard skills.
  • Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in children with learning disabilities and severely challenging behaviours and childhood mental health problems.
  • Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
  • Knowledge of safeguarding children and The Children’s Act 2004.

Communication

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Communicate effectively, share information and check understanding using clear language and appropriate, written materials, making reasonable adjustments where appropriate in order to optimise people’s understanding.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling formation of networks with professionals within the Trust and from other agencies to promote effective team working.
  • Excellent verbal and written skills.
  • Computer literate.

Personal and People Development

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Excellent verbal and written skills.
  • Skilled in continuous self-reflection, seeking and responding to support and feedback to develop professional knowledge and skills.
  • Ability to manage independent clinics and own timetable.
  • Able to contain and work with organisational stress.
  • Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult situations.
  • Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record.

Personal Attributes / Behaviours

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Works to professional guidelines.
  • Accountable for own professional actions.
  • Must work within professional ethics and NCH&C’s policies.
  • Highly motivated with respect to developing clinical and academic skills.
  • Able to identify with the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Other

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Able to make own travelling arrangements.
  • Able to speak English Language.
  • Enhanced CRB check.
  • To implement Norfolk Steps physical interventions.

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