Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 24 months (Fixed term: 24 months)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-CEN7213398
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The City Anchorage, Julian Hospital
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 gross pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist
Band 4
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
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
City Adult Community Mental Health Teams is looking for an enthusiastic psychology graduate who is interested in applying for 24 months fixed term full time post, working in a busy team alongside other psychology professionals. It is essential that the applicant is eligible for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society. Our services cater for adults with complex or enduring mental health needs across the Central Norfolk locality.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve delivering psychologically informed interventions under weekly supervision from a qualified clinical psychologist. There will be opportunities for both individual and group work, as well as service-related research and audit. You will have a chance to undertake some inhouse training and co-facilitate teaching for psychology and non-psychology colleagues.
In our service we highly value personal growth and professional development, and as a department we have close links to the clinical psychology doctoral training programme at the UEA and have supported our previous assistant psychologists onto clinical training.
Previous experience of working with mental health presentations are desired attributes.
Working for our organisation
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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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Support the development and delivery of psychologically informed interventions.
- Co-facilitate and support the running of workshops and groups.
- Complete service evaluations and data analysis for the psychology team and wider CMHT.
- Support with assessment and psychological intervention under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist.
- Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings and psychology meetings.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BPS Accredited degree in Psychology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of quantitative research
Desirable criteria
- Experience of research in the NHS
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis
Desirable criteria
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues. Presentation skills.
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 Jen Keane
- Job title
- Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 1234 178
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