8b Practitioner Psychologist /Psychological Therapist

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Wymondham; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Part time

Job summary

This innovative firm is seeking a dedicated Practitioner Psychologist to lead the Complex Emotional Needs service in South Norfolk. In this role, you will oversee a small team, providing essential psychological support and interventions to service users. With a focus on evidence-based practices, you will develop training for staff and measure the outcomes of interventions. The position offers opportunities for professional development in DBT and allows for flexible working arrangements, including some remote work. Join a supportive team committed to delivering high-quality mental health services and making a real difference in the community.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Career progression opportunities

Starting annual leave of 27 days

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Post-graduate training in clinical psychology required.
• Specialized knowledge in DBT and psychological assessment needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead the complex emotional needs service in South Norfolk.
• Provide psychological assessments and interventions for service users.

Skills

Clinical Psychology

Psychological Assessment

Evidence-Based Interventions

DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)

Team Leadership

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Further post-qualification training in specialized areas

Recognized qualification in DBT

Job description

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8b Practitioner Psychologist /Psychological Therapist

Band 8b

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

18.75 hours per week Job ref 246-CEN6927548

Site Gateway House Town Wymondham Salary £62,215 - £72,293 gross per annum/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/02/2025 23:59

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.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

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.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.

Job overview

We are delighted to advertise for a Practitioner Psychologist post to lead our complex emotional needs (CEN) service based in South Norfolk. The CEN service is a small team which the successful applicant will oversee and lead. The team is funded from community transformation money and sits closely alongside the Adult South Norfolk CMHT. The remit of the service is to provide psychological support and intervention to service users in the CMHT who have CEN. The service offers the full DBT programme as well as other evidenced based psychological interventions to service users in the South Norfolk CMHT. There are opportunities for further professional development in DBT if needed.

Main duties of the job

As the practitioner psychologist / psychological therapist, you will be a key player in developing psychologically informed ways of working and practice in the multi-disciplinary team.

• Provide psychological assessment, formulation and a range of brief evidence based psychological interventions when appropriate targeting the needs of the CEN population in South Norfolk.
• Develop and carry out appropriate psychological or psychologically informed training for staff involved in this project.
• Be responsible for measuring outcomes of psychological or psychologically informed interventions which are reported back to the ICB.
• Support a co-produced vision of service development, enabling and empowering service users to have equal voice in shaping up psychological services.

We are committed to delivering equitable services and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. As a service we are keen to support our colleagues to develop roles that reflect their professional interests and meet their unique needs and would welcome a conversation around flexible working. The role would also allow a degree of remote working.

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 nursing 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

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:

• 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)
• 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.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS
• Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• Further recognised qualification in DBT

Experience

• Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity.
• Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training
• Experience of using DBT

Other

• Ability to travel independently

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)

FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.

Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Dr Adrian Leddy Job title Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01953611000 Additional information

Dr Hannah Taylor (Consultant Clinical Psychologist)

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