Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 246-WSN7364213
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- County Hall
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 gross per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Band 8a
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
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Job overview
We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist for the Therapeutic Interventions for Distressing and Unusual Experiences (TIDES) team. TIDES is a team for people who are at-risk of psychosis, and their family members and carers.
The TIDES team have a base in Norwich but also provide a service in Great Yarmouth and Waveney and King’s Lynn. The successful candidate will be based in Norwich, with travel to other areas as required. This post is funded at full-time, although part-time hours will be considered. Interested candidates are encouraged to discuss their preference prior to applying.
Soon to be qualified psychologists are encouraged to apply. For newly qualified candidates, there will be support to achieve individual aims and goals using the Trust preceptorship programme. Please note that those exiting training programmes will be placed on Band 7 whilst completing preceptorship and Band 8a will be awarded once this is complete.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will provide psychological assessment and treatment for people at-risk of psychosis and their families and carers. The post holder will form an integral part of the TIDES multi-disciplinary team. Job planning will be completed with the successful candidate to ensure that they are able to work safely and competently in accordance with professional guidelines and personal wellbeing.
There will be scope for candidates to access training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis and Bipolar (CBT PB) at University College London (UCL) as part of the NHS England national therapy training programme. In-house training and supervision for Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT) are also available.
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.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The TIDES team is part of the Norfolk and Waveney Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service. The Norfolk and Waveney EIP Service has undergone significant expansion over the last eight years following funding from NHS England for the Access and Waiting Time Standard, including the development of the TIDES team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with other colleagues across the service, including psychologists and therapists.
The service also has links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology and the Psychosis Interest Network East Anglia (PINE). The successful candidate will have opportunity to be involved in developing and leading on research and service evaluation projects.
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.
Interview dates are yet to be set; 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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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS
- Ongoing further specialist training/accredited short courses
- Supervisor training, to be a supervisor of doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees or willing to undertake training
- Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and / or therapist)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist (Band 7) and able to evidence appropriate knowledge and experience in practice to enable the post holder to clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologist
- 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
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Skills in consultation to professional and non - professional groups
- Skills in training and supervision. Skills in creating and delivering presentations and training programmes
- Skills in neuropsychological assessment
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
- Knowledge of mental health legislation within specialist clinical context
Other
Essential criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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 Dave Heavens
- Job title
- Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07552 008106
- Additional information
If you have any questions or wish to discuss the advertised post in more detail, please contact Dr Dave Heavens (Principal Clinical Psychologist) on 07552 008106 or at [email protected].
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