Clinical or Practitioner Psychologist | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health service provider in the UK is seeking a Band 8a Clinical or Practitioner Psychologist to shape psychological provision within their Learning Disability Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. This role offers flexible hours across multiple locations, including Norwich. Candidates should be passionate about working with children and young people with Learning Disabilities. The position includes opportunities for research, supervision, and teaching within a dynamic team environment.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for CPD

Agile/home working options

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people with Learning Disabilities.
• Skills in assessment, formulation, and intervention.
• Ability to supervise and train other professionals.

Responsibilities

• Deliver assessments and interventions for children and families.
• Consult with teams and external agencies.
• Contribute to research for service development.

Skills

Compassionate approach

Research skills

Psychological perspective

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

We are seeking a compassionate, innovative, and enthusiastic Band 8a Clinical or Practitioner Psychologist to join our ‘Outstanding’ community Children’s and Young People’s Specialist services. You would be joining a friendly and supportive highly specialist multidisciplinary team and would be involved in shaping psychological provision within our Learning Disability Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Starfish).

The post is 18.75 hours per week, and will be across Norfolk; including Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth and Norwich. Bases are negotiable and flexible working is supported and includes agile/home working where relevant.

Responsibilities

Your role will be varied and will include a range of assessment, formulation, and intervention. This will include direct and indirect work with the children and young people that we support, as well as their families and the professional networks involved in their care.

Your role will include bringing a psychologically informed perspective through consultation to the clinical team and external agencies. There will be opportunities to contribute to the supervision, teaching and training of psychological practitioners and other professionals within the team.

You will utilise your research skills for audit, policy and service development, and dissemination of appropriate research evidence. Further involvement in research can also be supported where appropriate to the needs of the service.

What we offer

Our supportive teams value innovation, foster development and are committed to improving the lives of the children and young people we work with. There will be the opportunity to liaise with other Psychologists working within the Trust. The Psychology Team within NCH&C offers excellent opportunities for CPD, research and teaching as well as close links with the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

We would love to hear from candidates who have a passion for working with children and young people with Learning Disabilities. We strongly encourage informal visits and discussion prior to application and have allocated slots for prospective applicants to book into in order to discuss the roles and answer any questions. Please contact the Starfish Team, [e-mail], for more information.

Clinical Contacts

Dr Lorna Christoforou-Hazelwood, Clinical Psychologist, [e-mail], 01603 272319

Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications is monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills. Please see attachments to view job descriptions for both Psychologist roles – Clinical Psychologist JD and Practitioner Psychologist JD.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026