Band 7​/Clinical Psychologist - West Specialist

Band 7/8A Clinical Psychologist - West Suffolk Specialist

Band 7/8A Clinical Psychologist - West Suffolk Specialist CAMHS

Are you a newly qualified Clinical Psychologist or a band 7 Clinical Psychologist seeking progression? Or an existing 8A Clinical Psychologist ready for a new challenge? We would love for you to come and join us in the West Suffolk Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service!

We're looking for a proactive, passionate, and motivated7/
8A Clinical Psychologist to join our West Suffolk CAMHS team based in Bury St. Edmunds. Our service provides highly specialist mental health treatment for children, young people, and their families. As a team, we are committed to developing the best possible service for the young people we work with. We have a thriving psychology group within the CAMHS team including clinical psychologists, CBT, DBT, and systemic family therapists, and assistant psychologists led by experienced 8B principal clinical psychologists and well-supported by the Associate Director of Psychology.

We would welcome applications from newly/soon to be qualified clinical psychologists looking for a post with scope for progression. We are keen to offer training opportunities and support our staff to develop through a range of exciting internal and external CPD opportunities.

We are open to discussing full and part‑time working hours, and we understand everyone has commitments outside of work, so welcome conversations around flexible working options too.

If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical and leadership skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to young people’s lives then we would love to hear from you.

Please see the attached recruitment letter for more details.

• Undertaking complex assessments of young adults and their systems, developing meaningful formulations and making highly skilled decisions which guide ongoing intervention options.
• Providing evidence‑based psychological interventions and treatment for young people with a wide range of mental health presentations.
• To confidently use neuropsychological tests and other psychometrics to assess and formulate cases and inform treatment with this information in mind.
• To provide specialist clinical psychology expertise, knowledge and guidance to the team, in order to provide psychologically based frameworks of understanding, and develop psychological mindedness more generally within the team.
• To undertake and contribute to complex risk assessment and management of complex cases within the pathway.
• To contribute to the development of a response and effective Clinical Psychology service within the team, including the use of consultation.
• To support the Principal Clinical Psychologist and Consultant Clinical Psychologist in wider transformation and service development work where required.

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.

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…