Band 7/8A Clinical Psychologist - West Suffolk YAMHS (18-25 year olds)

NSFT Jobs; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at NSFT as a Band 7/8A Clinical Psychologist within the West Suffolk Young Adult Mental Health Service. You will provide specialist mental health treatment for young adults aged 18-25, engage in complex assessments, and offer evidence-based interventions. This role provides opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Proactive and motivated Clinical Psychologist.
• Ability to perform complex assessments and evidence-based treatments.
• Strong clinical and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertake complex assessments of young adults and their systems.
• Provide evidence-based psychological interventions for mental health.
• Support team development by providing clinical expertise.

Skills

Assessment

Clinical intervention

Leadership

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Band 7/8A Clinical Psychologist - West Suffolk YAMHS (18-25 year olds)

NSFT Jobs Bury St Edmunds, England, United Kingdom

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Band 7/8A Clinical Psychologist - Suffolk YAMHS (18-25 year olds)

Are you a newly qualified Clinical Psychologist or a band 7 Clinical Psychologist seeking progression? Or an existing 8A Clinical Psychologist ready for a new challenge? We would love for you to come and join us in the West Suffolk 18-25 Young Adult Mental Health Service!

We’re looking for a proactive, passionate, and motivated 7/8A Clinical Psychologist to join our West Suffolk YAMHS team based in Bury St. Edmunds. Our service provides highly specialist mental health treatment for young adults aged 18-25. As a team, we are committed to developing the best possible service for the young people we work with. We have a thriving psychology group within the YAMHS team including clinical psychologists, CBT, DBT, and systemic family therapists, and two assistant psychologists led by an experienced 8B principal clinical psychologist and well-supported by the Associate Director of Psychology.

We would welcome applications from newly/soon to be qualified clinical psychologists looking for a post with scope for progression. We are keen to offer training opportunities and support our staff to develop through a range of exciting internal and external CPD opportunities.

We are open to discussing full and part-time working hours, and we understand everyone has commitments outside of work, so welcome conversations around flexible working options too.

If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical and leadership skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to young people’s lives then we would love to hear from you.

Please see the attached recruitment letter for more details.

• Undertaking complex assessments of young adults and their systems, developing meaningful formulations and making highly skilled decisions which guide ongoing intervention options.
• Providing evidence-based psychological interventions and treatment for young people with a wide range of mental health presentations.
• To confidently use neuropsychological tests and other psychometrics to assess and formulate cases and inform treatment with this information in mind.
• To provide specialist clinical psychology expertise, knowledge and guidance to the team, in order to provide psychologically based frameworks of understanding, and develop psychological mindedness more generally within the team.
• To undertake and contribute to complex risk assessment and management of complex cases within the pathway.
• To contribute to the development of a response and effective Clinical Psychology service within the team, including the use of consultation.
• To support the Principal Clinical Psychologist and Consultant Clinical Psychologist in wider transformation and service development work where required.
  
  

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Jo Baines Job title: Associate Director of Psychology Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01283 733188

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  Mid-Senior level

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  Part-time

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  Mental Health Care

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