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Employer Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northgate Hospital Town Great Yarmouth Salary £62,215 - £72,293 Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/04/2025 23:59 Band 8bNorfolk 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 overviewAre you a skilled and experiencedClinical Psychologistlooking to lead and shape psychological services? This role offers an exciting leadership opportunity, as an 8b Principal Psychologist, to provide high-quality psychological care, develop innovative clinical pathways, and support staff and service users within a 14-25 community Youth Mental Health Team covering the beautiful Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. The role will involve working alongside a diverse multi-professional team, providing clinical oversight of the psychological therapies offered within the team and offering direct clinical supervision to the 8a Clinical Psychologist. The team strives to be dynamic and creative and is dedicated to providing a needs-led approach to improve the lives of children and young people by providing a mental health service to be proud of. It is a service that shows compassion, kindness and hope at a time when families need it most. The team can support hybrid and flexible working patterns to ensure a balanced and healthy work life. Main duties of the jobClinical Leadership:Provide strategic clinical leadership across a community youth mental health team for young people between the age of 14 and 25, ensuring high standards of psychological care. Service Development:Expanding access to psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions, enhancing collaboration, treatment choice, and effectiveness. Supervision & Line Management:Offer supervision / line management to psychological professionals and trainees, fostering a culture of learning and excellence within the service. Training & Development:Supporting and where appropriate implementing and delivering training to embed psychologically informed practices within the multidisciplinary team, supporting a stepped care model of psychological care. Staff Wellbeing & Resilience:Promote staff wellbeing by leading reflective supervision and post-incident support enhancing resilience and retention in challenging environments. Clinical Practice:Maintain a clinical caseload, delivering high-quality, comprehensive psychological assessment and interventions for complex clients within the service. Service User Engagement:Lead co-produced service development, empowering service users to actively shape psychological services through meaningful collaboration. Innovation & Research:Collaborate with local universities to support teaching, supervise doctoral trainees. Contribute to research and quality improvement initiatives. Working for our organisationHere 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. The Great Yarmouth & Waveney Youth Team covers a beautiful coastal area, from South Norfolk down to Southwold; where you can expect big stretches of sandy beaches, iconic seaside towns and friendly villages set in the heart of the Broads National Park. We are lucky to have some highly recommended schools in the area and the locality is recognised as a great place to raise a family. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPlease 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 a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Some of the benefits you can expect: 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) NHS discounts and many more. Person specificationQualificationsPost-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS Further postqualification, postgraduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice ExperienceSpecialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity. Application of psychology in different cultural contexts Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training SkillsUse of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively complex, highly technical and clinically highly sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS KnowledgeWell-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc.) Practitioner level knowledge of at least two models of psychological therapy Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS OtherCapacity to exercise careful clinical judgement whilst having the ability to work with and to hold the stress of others in the work setting Able to identify, and employ appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice Ability to travel independently 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 (formerly CRB): FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it. The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale. This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £16 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again. Name Teresa Neil Job title Clinical Team Manager Email address Telephone number 01493337738 Additional information: You can also contact Michelle Trollope for more information about the role, her mobile number is 07900405775.#J-18808-Ljbffr