Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Ipswich seeks a Clinical Psychologist to deliver psychological interventions for adults with eating disorders. The role involves consulting with multidisciplinary teams and supervising trainee psychologists. The ideal candidate must hold a post-graduate degree in clinical psychology and be registered with the HCPC. Benefits include NHS pension, training programs, and generous annual leave.

Benefits

NHS pension

Comprehensive training programmes

Career progression

Generous annual leave

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Ongoing specialist training with accredited short courses.
• Evidence of CPD in specialized areas.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist psychological interventions for treatment teams.
• Provide direct treatment and assessment for adults with eating disorders.
• Consult with multidisciplinary teams and maintain clinical records.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Effective communication

Education

Post-graduate degree in clinical psychology

Job description

Clinical Psychologist – Adult Eating Disorders Service

Are you:

• Feeling passionate about improving the wellbeing and lives of people with eating disorders?
• Seeking to develop specialist skills to assess, formulate and deliver evidence-based clinical interventions for this client group?
• Interested in supporting and empowering the wider team?

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) Suffolk Community Adult Eating Disorders Service are looking for a suitably experienced Clinical Psychologist with a desire to develop their specialist skills in eating disorders.

We are passionate about service improvement and taking our clinical practice to a level of excellence – we would like you to be part of this!

About the role

As the successful candidate you will be directly delivering a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers and families, and providing psychological consultation to the wider care system, including acute hospital trusts and other secondary care mental health services. You will be supported by training and regular supervision from the Principal Clinical Psychologist. You will be skilled in complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, and able to communicate highly complex information in a sensitive and compassionate manner.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist psychological interventions for the 1–5 person treatment team.
• Provide direct treatment and assessment work with adults diagnosed with eating disorders.
• Consult with the multidisciplinary team and other clinical services.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and progress notes.
• Participate in and support service development and evaluation projects.
• Supervise trainee clinical psychologists where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Post‑graduate degree (or equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS.
• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Ongoing specialist training with accredited short courses.

• Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.

Experience

• Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment.
• Experience as a qualified clinical psychologist (Band 7) and ability to provide appropriate supervision to trainee psychologists.
• Experience representing psychology within an MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts).
• Clinical work in a setting relevant to eating disorders.

Skills

• Skilled in complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
• Effective communication of technical and clinically sensitive information to service users, families, carers and other professionals within and outside the NHS.

Knowledge

• Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis.
• Well‑developed knowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention and assessment in specialist clinical service‑user groups.

Benefits and working conditions

Benefits include:

• NHS pension.
• Comprehensive in‑house and external training programmes.
• Career progression.
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum, increasing to 33 days based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays).
• Staff physio service.
• NHS discounts and many more.

Pay: £55,690 to £62,682 a year gross per annum (pro rata).

Contract: Permanent.

Working pattern: Part‑time, flexible working.

Job will be based in the Resource Centre, Walker Close, Ipswich (IP3 8LY).

Contract details

Date posted: 31 October 2025.

Band: 8a.

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check required; applicants must hold current UK professional registration.

Applications may be sponsored for Skilled Worker status; refer to the UK Visas and Immigration website for details.

Employer details

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Resource Centre, Walker Close, Ipswich, IP3 8LY

Website: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx