We are seeking a compassionate, innovative, and enthusiastic Band 8a Clinical or Practitioner Psychologist to join our‘Outstanding’ community Children’s and Young People’s Specialist services. You would be joining a friendly and supportive highly specialist multidisciplinary team and would be involved in shaping psychological provision within our Learning Disability Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Starfish).
The post is 18.75 hours per week, and will be across Norfolk; including Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth and Norwich. Bases are negotiable and flexible working is supported and includes agile/home working where relevant.
The Starfish Team offers assessment and intervention for young people of school age (4-18 years) with a diagnosed learning disability who are experiencing significant behavioural and/or mental health difficulties.
Your role will be varied and will include a range of assessment, formulation, and intervention. This will include direct and indirect work with the children and young people that we support, as well as their families and the professional networks involved in their care.
Your role will include bringing a psychologically informed perspective through consultation to the clinical team and external agencies. There will be opportunities to contribute to the supervision, teaching and training of psychological practitioners and other professionals within the team.
You will utilise your research skills for audit, policy and service development, and dissemination of appropriate research evidence. Further involvement in research can also be supported where appropriate to the needs of the service.
Our supportive teams value innovation, foster development and are committed to improving the lives of the children and young people we work with. There will be the opportunity to liaise with other Psychologists working within the Trust. The Psychology Team within NCH&C offers excellent opportunities for CPD, research and teaching as well as close links with the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia.
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Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
We would love to hear from candidates who have a passion for working with children and young people with Learning Disabilities. We strongly encourage informal visits and discussion prior to application and have allocated slots for prospective applicants to book into in order to discuss the roles and answer any questions. Please contact the Starfish Team,Starfish@nchc.nhs.uk,for more information.
Clinical Contacts:
Dr Lorna Christoforou-Hazelwood, Clinical Psychologist, Starfish@nchc.nhs.uk, 01603 272319
Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
Please see attachments to view job descriptions for both Psychologist roles - Clinical Psychologist JD and Practitioner Psychologist JD.
This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr