Band 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist

NSFT Jobs; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced practitioner to join an Intensive and Assertive Team focused on people with psychosis and complex needs. You will perform specialist assessments, contribute to formulation, and work within a multiagency framework to support service users at high risk.

The role emphasizes supervision, reflective practice, and service improvement, with opportunities to influence pathways in line with NICE guidance.

Qualifications

• Experience in community mental health with complex cases desirable.
• Trained in CBT for Psychosis or similar therapy model.
• Desirable NHS/public health service familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Specialist assessment and formulation of the most complex cases (including neuropsychological assessment).
• Multidisciplinary and multiagency consultation.
• Support for other team members including supervision, consultation, reflective practice and post event reflections.
• Contribute to development of the team’s working model and system pathways in line with NICE guidance and strategy.
• Lead service improvement, QI and service evaluation projects.
• Engage with family, carers and other stakeholders to promote wellbeing and safety of service users.

Skills

Complex case formulation

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Supervision and reflective practice

Service improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Health equity awareness

Education

CBT for Psychosis training

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a new Intensive and Assertive Team designed to help our service users who present with psychosis and who also are likely to have complex needs and complex engagement patterns with services. The cohort of patients under the service will be complex and vulnerable. This post would suit a person who is comfortable working with people presenting with high and complex risks, and is passionate about health equity. Understanding of how the wider systems and agencies work will be an advantage for this role. In this 8b role, the main functions will be to provide:

• Specialist assessment and formulation of the most complex cases (including neuropsychological assessment).
• Multidisciplinary and multiagency consultation.
• Support for other member of the multidisciplinary team including the provision of supervision, consultation, reflective practice and post event reflections.
• Contribution to the development of the team’s working model and system pathways in line with national guidance and strategy (NICE guidance, National Guidance on Assertive and Intensive Community Mental Health Treatment).
• Leading service improvement, QI and service evaluation projects.
• To engage with family, carers and our other stakeholders (e.g. VCSE, police) in order to promote the wellbeing and safety of our service users

It would be desirable within this role to have had previous experience working in community services for adults with serious mental illness and to be trained to in CBT for Psychosis or some other relevant therapy model. As an employer Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust are particularly committed to enabling our staff to do the very best they can through support and training, as well as opportunities for progression. We are confident, therefore, that the right candidate will have a real chance to make a positive impact to the lives of young people in Norfolk.

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 Adrian Leddy Job title: Associate Director of Psychology Email address: [e-mail] Dr Lynda Meina Director of Psychology (West Norfolk)