Clinical Psychologist

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A health care organization in Ipswich is seeking an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join its Rehabilitation Service. This role offers the opportunity to provide expert psychological leadership and support within both inpatient and community pathways. Responsibilities include conducting psychological assessments, development of treatment plans, and serving as a supervisor for junior psychologists. A post-graduate degree and HCPC registration are required. The role emphasizes teamwork, leadership, and effective service development, alongside a commitment to high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Regular supervision

Protected CPD time

Opportunities for service delivery influence

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in psychological assessment and treatment of various mental health issues.
• Qualified clinical psychologist with a commitment to service development.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological leadership within the rehabilitation service.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Supervise junior clinical psychologists and contribute to service development.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Psychological intervention

Risk management

Leadership

Training delivery

Education

Post-graduate degree in clinical psychology or counseling

Registered practitioner psychologist with HCPC

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Suffolk Rehabilitation Service - Inpatient and Community as a Clinical Psychologist (Band 8b) in a substantive post.

This senior role sits within a well-established multidisciplinary rehabilitation service supporting individuals with complex mental health needs across inpatient and community pathways. You will provide expert psychological leadership, specialist clinical input, and consultation, contributing to the delivery of high-quality, recovery-focused and person-centred care.

Working closely with colleagues across inpatient and community settings, you will support continuity of care and effective transitions along the rehabilitation pathway. The role includes responsibility for supervision, service development, and active involvement in quality improvement initiatives.

The service offers a supportive and collaborative culture, with access to regular supervision, protected CPD time, and opportunities to influence service delivery at a strategic level.

If you are an experienced Clinical Psychologist with a passion for rehabilitation and leadership, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be a key member of an innovative, AHP-led multidisciplinary team, delivering specialist rehabilitation interventions primarily within the inpatient pathway. The role also provides clinical oversight and psychological support to the community rehabilitation team, including supervision of a junior Clinical Psychologist.

You will undertake comprehensive psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions for individuals with complex psychosis and rehabilitation needs, working collaboratively within the MDT. There will be opportunities to lead on service development, evaluation, and quality improvement initiatives.

The role includes the development and delivery of psychologically informed group interventions, as well as the design and facilitation of staff training, both within the service and to wider teams across and beyond the Trust, as appropriate.

This post is well suited to a qualified Clinical Psychologist with a strong interest in working with people with complex psychosis and rehabilitation needs, alongside a commitment to leadership, service development, and workforce training.

About us

Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust provide mental health and learning disability care for people across Norfolk and Suffolk. Supporting a population of just over 1.6 million people and employing more than 5,000 staff, we provide high quality care with compassion, delivering many of our services outside of hospital and in the community.

We are committed to continuous improvement and have bold hopes and ambitions for the future.

Our purpose is to be a provider of exceptional care and a trusted partner, working together with our communities to innovate for the mental health of everyone. Our values are that we are Fair (providing equal opportunity, recognise hard work and give power to people's voices); Compassionate (we are kind and inclusive with each other's wellbeing in our hearts) and Learning (we collaborate, we innovate, we are accountable for our promises).

We will not tolerate any form of discrimination and we resolve to tackle inequalities and prejudice that our people face, within our organisation and communities.

Details of our benefits and other important information are contained in the attached document.

For all substantive new staff who are appointed, there will be a 6-month probation period.

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs, the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual.

Job responsibilities

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 its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology or counselling, accredited by BPS
• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health and care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience

• Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity.
• Application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training.
• Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post.

Knowledge

• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc.)
• Practitioner level knowledge of at least two models of psychological therapy.
• Legislation and its implication for clinical practice and the appropriate management of people presenting with mental health problems.

Skills

• Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
• Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology

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.

Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery Service

Depending on experiencegross per annum (pro rata).

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

246-ESU7693166

Job locations

Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery Service