Band 7/ 8a Clinical Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

In-house and external training

Career progression

27 days annual leave rising to 33 days

Staff physiotherapy service

NHS discounts

Regular supervision and reflective-prt

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Clinical Psychologist (Band 7) to join a Community Mental Health Team for adults in West Norfolk, based at Chatterton House. You will lead psychological assessments, formulate care plans and deliver evidence-based interventions for adults with complex needs.

Role includes supervision and training, collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues, and contributing to service development. Registration with HPC or in process is required.

Qualifications

• BPS-accredited postgraduate degree in clinical psychology or counselling (or equivalent)
• HPC registration or in process of registering
• Supervisor training or willingness to undertake it
• Experience as a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist at Band 7 or trainee level

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological leadership in the CMHT and promote psychologically informed care
• Offer consultation, supervision, reflective practice and psychological advice to multidisciplinary colleagues
• Deliver specialist psychological assessments, formulations and evidence-based interventions for adults with complex and enduring problems
• Lead formulation, risk assessment and risk management in collaboration with service users and families
• Contribute to training that promotes trauma-informed and neurodiversity-aware care
• Collaborate with secondary/primary care and voluntary sector partners to join up care
• Support collection and use of outcome measures, audits and service data
• Provide placements, mentorship and supervision for trainee psychologists and others

Skills

Complex assessments

Communication skills

Neuropsychological assessment

Research methods

Mental health legislation

Education

BPS-accredited postgraduate degree in clinical psychology

Supervisor training

Job description

A clinical psychologist post in the Community Mental Health Team for adults across West Norfolk, based at Chatterton House. The work centres on psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for adults with complex and enduring mental health needs, alongside consultation and service development. The team draws on CBT, CAT, EMDR, DBT, art therapy and lifespan integration, and newly qualified psychologists receive structured supervision. Applicants need a BPS-accredited postgraduate degree and HPC registration, or to be in the process of registering.

What the job involves

• Provide specialist psychological leadership in the CMHT, promoting psychologically informed and trauma-informed care across the service
• Offer consultation, supervision, reflective practice and psychological advice to multidisciplinary colleagues
• Deliver specialist psychological assessments, formulations and evidence-based interventions for adults with a wide range of difficulties, including complex and enduring problems
• Lead and support psychologically informed formulation, risk assessment and risk management, working with service users, carers and professional networks
• Contribute to developing and delivering training that promotes best practice, trauma-informed and neurodiversity-informed care
• Work with colleagues across secondary care, primary care and voluntary sector partners to join up care
• Support the collection, evaluation and use of outcome measures, audit findings and service data
• Provide clinical placements, mentorship and supervision for trainee psychologists and other colleagues

What’s required

Qualifications

• BPS-accredited postgraduate degree in clinical psychology or counselling (or equivalent if trained before 1996)
• Supervisor training, or willingness to undertake it

Registration & licences

• HPC registration as a practitioner psychologist, or in the process of registering

Experience

• Working as a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist (Band 7) or as a trainee clinical psychologist
• Working with a wide variety and severity of client groups and clinical problems in various settings, staying professional with highly emotive and distressing problems
• Working with complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment

Skills & knowledge

• Using complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills
• Neuropsychological assessment skills
• Doctoral-level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
• Knowledge of mental health legislation within a specialist clinical context

Other

• Identifying, providing and promoting support strategies for carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours
• Using multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
• Travelling independently

Nice to have

• CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions, in assessment and/or therapy

What’s offered

• NHS pension
• In-house and external training programmes
• Career progression
• 27 days annual leave rising to 33 days by length of service, plus paid bank holidays
• Staff physiotherapy service
• NHS discounts
• Regular supervision, consultation and reflective practice support for newly qualified psychologists