Clinical Psychologist

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Practitioner Psychologist to lead the Daycare team and address psychological needs at HMP/YOI Norwich. Key responsibilities include providing specialist assessments, training staff, and developing psychological interventions aimed at reducing self-harm and managing complex behaviors. The ideal candidate will be HCPC registered with a strong background in clinical psychology and experience in multidisciplinary settings. Competitive salary offered in a supportive working environment.

Qualifications

• Must be HCPC registered with a postgraduate degree in Clinical/Forensic Psychology.
• Experience in clinical supervision of trainee psychologists.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in specialized areas of psychology.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessments and interventions for individuals and groups.
• Support clinical development and service effectiveness.
• Offer supervision to Assistant Psychologists and other professionals.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Communication skills

Neuropsychological assessment

Training and supervision

Education

Post Graduate Degree in Clinical/Forensic Psychology

Registered with HCPC

Supervisor Training

Job description

The post is currently contracted to NSFT. The post has gone out for re-tender, so will be managed and delivered by a different provider from the 01st April 2026. The new provider is yet to be confirmed.

We are looking for a HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist with relevant experience and training to lead the ongoing development, maintenance and evaluation of the Daycare team, and to contribute to the delivery of specialist 1:1/Group interventions with adult male prisoners at HMP/YOI Norwich prison.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a continually developing service, that offers therapeutic approaches underpinned by DBT, CBT and other psychological approaches. We offer treatment pathways that address, mood stabilisation, anxiety, relationship management, emotional regulation, personality difficulties and trauma. We work with men who may self-harm, have attempted suicide, and/or experience high levels of anxiety or trauma/PTSD. The role includes having an active contribution in reducing self-harm, self destructive and violent behaviour.

Within the team you will be working with a multidisciplinary team inclusive of Mental Health Nurses, Psychiatrists, a Psychotherapist, a Occupational Therapist, Assistant Practitioners, a Assistant Psychologist and prison based professionals.

Main duties of the job

The post is based at HMP Norwich. The role will predominantly involve working with the Mental Health In Reach team providing a specialist assessment and intervention provision and clinical leadership of the psychologically informed service, the Daycare service.

Clinical: Provision of specialist psychology assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions for individuals and groups, referred to the service.

Service Development: Supporting in access to up-to-date psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions, enhancing collaboration, treatment choice, and effectiveness.

Supervision & Line Management: Offer supervision to other professionals, and Assistant Psychologists within the team as appropriate, fostering a culture of learning and excellence within the service.

Training & Development: Supporting and where appropriate implementing and delivering training to embed psychologically informed practices within the multidisciplinary team, supporting a stepped care model of psychological care.

Staff Wellbeing & Resilience: Promote staff wellbeing by leading reflective supervision and post-incident support enhancing resilience and retention in challenging environments.

Service User Engagement: Support in co-produced service development, empowering service users to actively shape psychological services through meaningful collaboration.

Innovation & Research: Contribute to research and quality improvement initiatives.

About us

The post is currently contracted to NSFT. The post has gone out for re-tender, so will be managed and delivered by a different provider from the 01st April 2026. The new provider is yet to be confirmed.

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.

Job responsibilities

Please See attached Job Description for more information.

The post holder will hold a number of responsibilities including:

• Clinical
• Service Development
• Supervision & Line Management
• Training & Development

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post Graduate Degree (or equivalent) in Clinical/Forensic Psychology, accredited by the BPS
• Ongoing Specialist training/accredited short courses
• Supervisor Training , to be a supervisor of doctoral programme or willing to undertake training
• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the HCPC
• Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions

Experience

• Experience working as a qualified clinical/forensic psychologist and are able to evidence appropriate knowledge/experience in practice to enable the postholder to clinically supervise a trainee psychologist
• Experience of working with a variety and severity client groups and clinical problems in various settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
• Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment
• Experience of supervision and teaching
• Experience of representing psychology within MDT settings (clinical and organisational)
• Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post

Skills

• Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Well-developed communication skills (oral and written)
• Able to effectively communicate technical and clinically sensitive information to service users, families, carers and other professionals inside and outside of the NHS
• Skills in consultation to professional and non-professional groups
• Skills in training and supervision. Skills in creating and delivering presentations and training programmes
• skills in neuropsychological assessment

Knowledge

• Doctor level knowledge of research design, methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
• Knowledge of mental health legislation within specialist clinical context
• Evidence of CPD as recommended by the BPS
• Well-developed knowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention and assessment in specialist clinical service-user groups

Other

• Able to identify, provide and promote appropriate support strategies to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours
• Able to use multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
• Ability to travel independently
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework
• Experience of providing specific support and intervention and strategy for staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£55,690 to £62,682 a yeargross per annum