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
Job overview
Are you an inspiring senior psychological professional ready to shape the future of children, families and young people's services in East Suffolk? We are seeking a dynamic 0.3 WTE Consultant Clinical Psychologist to become an Associate Director of Psychology providing visible, strategic and compassionate leadership across three key CFYP service areas: the Emotional Wellbeing Hub, LD‑CAMHS, and CONNECT. This is a unique opportunity to influence system‑wide transformation, drive high‑quality and evidence‑based psychological practice, and work collaboratively with multi‑professional colleagues to deliver safe, effective and innovative services. You will work in close, strategic partnership with the existing Associate Director of Psychology for East Suffolk CFYP, together providing cohesive leadership across the breadth of CFYP services hosted within the locality and ensuring alignment, consistency, and excellence across pathways.
In this senior leadership role, you'll oversee psychological governance, shape workforce development, lead service improvement, and ensure psychologically informed ways of working across our local system. If you thrive on strategic challenge, value collaborative working, and want to make a meaningful difference to the lives of children, young people, and their families, we would love to hear from you. Join us and help drive compassionate, high‑quality care where it matters most.
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· Provide Professional leadership for all psychology staff across designated services.
· Provide professional advice on psychological practice and providing assurance on delivery of psychological approaches
· Develop psychological approaches and interventions and role to support care delivery.
· Contribute to the supervision of staff in the service, including professional appraisal and identification of CPD needs across the service.
· Lead on policy development and implementation of psychological service provision within the clinical network.
· Working with the multi-professional's leadership team to embed NSFT shared culture and values.
· Undertake audit, teaching and research activities, and to promote research activity within the clinical network.
· To ensure that arrangements are in place for the for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the clinical network.
· Provide a specialist clinical service directly to clients and through provision of expert advice, consultancy and supervision to professional colleagues.
· To work closely with the director for psychology to ensure the development and governance aims of psychological services are met, within and across clinical networks and/or other functional departments of NSFT.
· Lead and participate in Trust wide initiatives and projects.
Working for our organisation
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
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a more detailed overview of your Key Accountabilities. If you believe you have the necessary qualities to make a positive impact in your local communities, please click APPLY
Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
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.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
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.