Job summaryAre you completing your Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme this summer? Perhaps you're qualified Clinical Psychologist and looking for a change - come and establish your career with us at Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust...We're looking for compassionate, motivated Clinical Psychologists to join our teams across Norfolk and Suffolk. We have opportunities in a variety of our services so we'd love to hear from you to discuss what a career with our Trust will look like...
There are endless opportunities available, and we are keen to welcome new faces to join our teams; we can offer both full and part time hours and understand everyone has commitments outside of work, so welcome conversations around flexible working options too.
Please open the attached applicant letter and opportunities available docs for an overview of the services with opportunities available!NSFT services are in the process of innovative transformation. This has created opportunities to not only recognise and consolidate what we are doing well, but also to drive creativity and innovation in radically changing service delivery models. These are both challenging and exciting times. As such, this provides many opportunities for successful applicants to play a key role in bringing about positive change and making a difference, not only at an individual, family or team level, but in shaping the future direction of our services
Main duties of the jobWhen you join us, you can expect a thorough induction and enrolment onto a preceptorship programme (if applicable).
There are many opportunities for clinical professional development, peer support, and networking with colleagues. We have active groups of senior psychologists and psychological therapists, who meet regularly, providing a supportive network. There are varied opportunities for research, teaching, training, and service development; we are particularly keen to embed research into clinical practice and will support successful applicants to pursue research activities as well as special clinical interests.
There is a strong CPD culture and we will support you to develop psychological therapy skills in EMDR, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Mentalization Based Therapies, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
We welcome candidates to come and have informal discussion with our clinical leaders, to determine what opportunities that will suit you and what a career with us could look like...
About usHere 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 nursing 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 descriptionJob responsibilitiesWell be hosting an assessment day on Tuesday 1st July please save the date once youve submitted your application, well be in touch to let you know if youve been shortlisted.If you have a preferred area of work, please mention this within your supporting statement.Job description
Job responsibilitiesWell be hosting an assessment day on Tuesday 1st July please save the date once youve submitted your application, well be in touch to let you know if youve been shortlisted.If you have a preferred area of work, please mention this within your supporting statement.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Post-graduate doctorate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS (or on track to qualify this summer)
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
ExperienceEssential- Experience of work with complex & challenging behaviours & exercising clinical responsibility for psychological care & treatment.
SkillsEssential- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention & management.
Person Specification
QualificationsEssential- Post-graduate doctorate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS (or on track to qualify this summer)
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
ExperienceEssential- Experience of work with complex & challenging behaviours & exercising clinical responsibility for psychological care & treatment.
SkillsEssential- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention & management.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer detailsEmployer nameNorfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
AddressVarious NSFT locations
Norwich
NR1 2DH
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