Principal Clinical​/Counselling Psychologist

Overview

The North Suffolk Community Learning Disabilities Service welcomes applications from HCPC registered practitioner psychologists to join our friendly, person-centred team. If you value collaboration, innovation, and making a positive impact, we’d love to hear from you.

You will be required to provide clinical supervision, in line with your experience.

In this role, as an experienced clinician, you’ll deliver high-quality psychological care to adults with learning disabilities, shaping the support around them and promoting independence. You’ll work within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team alongside partner agencies, ensuring a flexible and responsive approach. We also encourage you to develop your own specialist interests within the field. As services are delivered across our catchment area, some travel will be required.

We have close links with the University of East Anglia from whom we take clinical psychology trainees on a regular basis.

Based in Oulton, near Lowestoft, the location offers the perfect balance of professional fulfilment amidst the lifestyle benefits of the beautiful Suffolk coast and Broads National Park. We look forward to hearing from you.

• Maintain a clinical caseload, delivering high-quality psychological interventions within our community learning disabilities services.
• Provide clinical guidance and leadership within the team, ensuring high standards of psychological care.

• Expanding access to psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions, enhancing collaboration, treatment choice, and effectiveness.

• Offer supervision to psychological professionals and trainees, fostering a culture of learning and excellence within learning disabilities services.

• Helping to deliver and embed psychologically informed practices within our multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and in wider services, supporting evidence-based models of psychological care.

• Promote staff wellbeing by leading reflective supervision and providing support to enhance resilience and retention.

• Lead and promote collaborative service development, empowering service users to actively shape psychological services through meaningful co-creation.

• Collaborate with local universities to support teaching and supervise doctoral trainees.
• Contribute to research and quality improvement initiatives.

At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), we are proud of our commitment to delivering innovative, compassionate, and person-centred care. Our team is dedicated to upholding the TALK values:
Teamwork, Accountability, Learning, and Kindness, creating an environment where service users and staff thrive. We value diversity and inclusion, and actively welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to supporting the growth and development of psychological professionals through strong partnerships with local universities, offering opportunities for teaching, research, and supervision of doctoral trainees. You’ll be joining a forward-thinking team where innovation is encouraged, and quality improvement is a priority.

Together, we aim to provide safer, kinder, and better care to our communities. If you’re ready to make a difference, we want to hear from you!

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Clive Hudson

Job title:

Associate Director of Learning Disabilities
Email address:
Telephone number:

For an informal conversation or further information, please contact the Associate Director of Learning Disabilities Psychology, Clive Hudson () or the Clinical Team Leader, Andy Crumly ().

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career, click APPLY today! We welcome discussions about your needs for a flexible post.