About this role
Job summary
We are looking for enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologists to join our Norfolk and Waveney Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service. Three vacancies available:
Permanent full-time (1.0 WTE) Band 7/8a preceptorship post within the Central Norfolk EIP Team Permanent part-time (0.5 WTE) Band 7/8a preceptorship post within the West Norfolk EIP Team One-year (fixed-term/secondment) part-time (0.5 WTE) Band 7/8a post within the Central Norfolk EIP Team Successful applicants would also have the option of combining the two 0.5 WTE posts to create a full-time role across the West Norfolk and Central Norfolk EIP teams.The Norfolk and Waveney EIP Service is a well-established specialist service within NSFT, providing assessment and treatment for people aged 14-65 experiencing a first episode of psychosis.Applications are welcomed from newly qualified, soon-to-be qualified, and experienced Clinical and Counselling Psychologists. For those joining at Band 7, our established preceptorship programme provides a structured and supportive pathway towards developing advanced competencies and progression to Band 8a. The banding of the post will therefore reflect the successful candidate's qualifications and level of experience.
Previous training and experience in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis and Bipolar (CBT-pb) and Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT) would be desirable but not essential, as relevant professional development opportunities will be available.
Main duties of the job
As a psychologist within EIP, you will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to individuals and their families. You will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to weekly MDT discussions, facilitating a fortnightly reflective practice group, and providing clinical supervision and line management to Assistant Psychologists and other members of the therapies team.
Our therapies team has a strong culture of collaboration and learning, with opportunities to develop experience in family work forming an important part of the role. We hold regular away days, offer opportunities for peer group supervision, and are committed to supporting continuing professional development. We are also a research-active service, with opportunities to contribute to local and national projects, and we maintain strong links with the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia.
About us
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.
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description 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!
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For any enquiries about the posts, please contact Dr Andr Bolster, Clinical Psychologist, on 07557 191355 or via email at [email protected].
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical or counselling psychology, accredited by BPS (or newly/soon to be qualified) Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) Supervisor training, to be a supervisor of doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees or willing to undertake training
Desirable
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
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
Desirable
Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment
Skills Essential
Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management Skills in consultation to professional and non - professional groups
Knowledge Desirable
Well-developed knowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention and assessment in specialist clinical settings and service user groups
Other Essential
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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address 7 Unthank Road
Norwich
NR2 2PA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)