Clinical or Counselling Psychologist​/Senior Psychological Therapist

Clinical or Counselling Psychologist/Senior Psychological Therapist

Whilst advertised as Band 8a, we welcome applications from newly qualified candidates to commence at Band 7, with support to complete preceptorship requirements to progress to Band 8a.

As part of the NHS long term plan Norfolk and Waveney have implemented a model of care and support based around integrated care and support delivered around primary care networks. This role is to link with the four primary care networks across the West Norfolk locality and deliver psychological assessment, formulation and treatment to service users who sit in this space.

The role will further require the successful applicant to provide consultation and supervision related to psychological approaches to staff working in the primary care network space. The successful applicant will work closely with both the adult CMHT and primary care in West Norfolk.

The post is based at Chatterton House in Kings Lynn, working across the West Norfolk Locality. The role will predominantly involve working with the primary care network in West Norfolk.

The post holder will hold a number of responsibilities including:

• Providing a timely and considered evidence based psychologically informed response and treatment to clinically complex situation in primary care.
• To provide clarity for service users on their difficulties and what might be most helpful for them.
• To support the PCN-MHP in their role with clinical issues
• To initiate thinking from service users and clinicians about consistent treatment pathways for the persons difficulty
• Develop links between primary and secondary MH care.

Attending meetings that are within scope of the in the interface psychology team such as initial assessment meetings, interface and triage

This advert details an exciting opportunity for career development for Clinical Psychologists or suitably trained and experienced Counselling or Forensic Psychologists, or Psychotherapists to join NSFT.

The post-holder will be part of the wider Norfolk Psychology team and will receive clinical supervision, professional and governance support from within the team. Within the West Norfolk psychology team, we employ a diverse and supportive team of psychologists, including clinical psychologists, CBT, CAT and DBT therapists, Art Therapy, Clinical Associate Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists and we are able offer our team members the opportunity to continue to develop their expertise via training and development opportunities in different parts of our service.

The banding offered will reflect the experience of successful candidate, and we will tailor the support and development package offered as appropriate to the individual's needs.

Specific tasks will include:

• Providing assessment, formulation and interventions for services users in the PCN space
• Working as part of an MDT to provide high quality assessment and intervention to service users
• Application of NICE recommended therapeutic interventions and the development of bespoke interventions for risk reduction and risk management as required
• Working with colleagues to develop the wider knowledge of the application of psychological approaches in the PCN space.
• Consultancy to other professionals working in the PCN space.
• Providing teaching and training to staff and external organisations (e.g., UEA)

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!

• 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 Professions Council (HCPC)
• Core mental health professional training and registration
• Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

• Experience working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist (Band
  7) and supervise trainee clinical psychologist able to evidence appropriate knowledge and experience in practice to enable the post holder to clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologist
• Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment

• Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.

• Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis

• Ability to travel independently

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…