Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
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Job overview
We are delighted to advertise a Principal Practitioner Psychologist post for the Central Norfolk Children and Young Persons Youth Service. In our service we support young people who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who provide the support that is needed - and they are motivated to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers.
The CYP services in Central Norfolk provide specialist mental health interventions to young people up to 25 in the central Norfolk area, as well as providing specialist intervention to Looked After and Adopted Children across Norfolk and Waveney. Currently the CYP services in Norfolk and divided into an under 14 CAMHs Service and a 14 – 18 Youth Service and this is in the process of being remodelled into a under 18 CAMHs Service and an 18 – 25 Youth Service. This role will initially be focused on the 14 – 18-year-old age group as part of the youth service, with the expectation that once the remodelling is complete it will become a part of the newly formed under 18s service.
The area includes a mix or urban communities as well as including the University of East Anglia and the Norwich University of the Arts, both of which bring large student communities into the area.
Main duties of the job
* Providing consultation to indirectly support the delivery of treatment by others.
* Providing clinical supervision to practitioners within the team.
* Progressing staff development in the team, informing and being informed by wider strategy.
* Collaborative and shared leadership of the team with the Community Team Manager, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Nurse Specialists.
* Establishing and leading on a psychologically safe and informed environment for teams and staff through positive leadership values and behaviours, including integrity, respect, compassion and curiosity.
* Providing a key role in team containment, working with professional systems, having difficult conversations, managing team emotions, and thinking clinically and systemically simultaneously.
* Running, contributing to or supporting service development projects in liaison with the Associate Director of Psychology or other staff from the Senior Leadership Team.
* Providing and contributing significantly to the psychological practice of the team with a focus on quality, efficacy and increasing improvement.
* Working alongside the Associate Director of Psychology for CFYP services across Suffolk and Norfolk in developing clinical pathway intervention packages.
Working for our organisation
As an employer, I and Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust are particularly committed to enabling our staff to do the very best they can through support and training, as well as opportunities for progression. We are confident, therefore, that the right candidate will have a real chance to make a positive impact to the lives of young people in Norfolk.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking to recruit an inspired and confident Practitioner Psychologist to provide quality containment, supervision and leadership to our clinical staff, and to contribute to the direction of the service. You will be supervised by the Child and Young Persons Associate Director of Psychology. You will have the opportunity to hold a small caseload; delivering skilled interventions to young people, and developing your skill set through training tailored to your interests.
Some of the benefits you can expect:
* NHS pension
* a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
* career progression
* starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* staff physio service
* NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS
* Ongoing further specialist training/accredited short courses
* Supervisor training, to be a supervisor of doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees or willing to undertake training
* Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist (Band 7) and 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 wide variety and severity of client groups & clinical problems, in various settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
* Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment
Skills
Essential criteria
* Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
* Evidence of CPD as recommended by BPS
Other
Desirable criteria
* Experience of providing specific support intervention and strategy for staff.
YOUR APPLICATION
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post may be 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.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.