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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
Band 4
Contract
18 months (Fixed Term for 18 months from start date)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
246-COR7226189
Employer
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
County Hall
Town
Norwich
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 gross per annum/ pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust logo

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

Please note, NSFT uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Job overview

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

 

 

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

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 criteria
  • A BPS accredited degree in Psychology at 2.1 or above

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of quantitative research
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of research in the NHS

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of Mental Health & quantitative research
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
Desirable criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • Ability to travel independently.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWomens Staff NetworkCycle to Work

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Isabel Pollock
Job title
Psychological Professions Programme Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07788 396202
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