Job summary
8a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

We have an opportunity available in our friendly, developing Psychology Access Team in Central Norfolk Locality. We are looking for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist committed to working with service users whose needs would be best met by a stand-alone psychology team. The team offers consultation, assessment, formulation, one to one therapy and groups. Building on our teams' existing capacity for safe delivery of psychologically informed care the post holders will enjoy working a team that includes an 8b Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Associates in Psychology under the guidance of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Approaches used include CBT, EMDR, ACT, and DBT and training in these or other relevant areas will be encouraged and supported; we are committed to investing in our colleagues and will support your development.

The post offers opportunities to develop leadership skills, as well as to become involved in the transformation of services and development of neighbourhood hubs. We have strong structures in place for clinical supervision and encourage collaboration with other psychologists in the Trust. Depending on experience, we are able to appoint to 8a or band 7 preceptorship up to 8a

Main duties of the job
Based in Norwich, and covering bases across Central Norfolk locality. You will provide psychological assessment, formulation and intervention directly to service users presenting with a range of mental health concerns, as well offering consultation and advice to primary care colleagues, working indirectly to benefit the service user and support the team. We have a strong focus on group work, and you will have opportunity to facilitate groups and innovate and develop new ones as the need arises. You will help the team and primary care colleagues develop their psychological skills via reflective practice, consultation and clinical supervision and will offer training as required. There are opportunities to supervise assistant psychologists, clinical psychology trainees and clinical associates in psychology. This post provides the opportunity to build relationships across services including with CMHTs, primary care, VCSE agencies and NHS Talking Therapies. We are particularly interested in the post holder taking a lead in service wide initiatives and supporting innovative practice in neighbourhood working.

About us
This is an exciting times in the development of the neighbourhood hubs as services and teams transform to bring services closer to communities and more accessible to those that use them. As such, the post offers opportunities to contribute to the evolution of services, and to lead on the development, delivery, and evaluation of psychologically informed care.

The teams enjoy a good working atmosphere. Non-psychology colleagues are interested in, and committed to, working within a psychological framework, and value the support the psychology team provides. Colleagues support each other, and value each other's contributions. You will feel an integral part of the team and enjoy relationships with psychology colleagues across other teams via supervision arrangements and regular psychology meetings. Research interests are encouraged and supported.

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.

Details
Date posted: 22 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year gross per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 246-CEN8279983
Job locations: The Julian Hospital, Bowthorpe Road, Norwich, NR2 3TD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
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 a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

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

• Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS
• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable

• Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment

Desirable

• Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist in a setting relevant to the post
• Experience of representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts)

Skills
Essential

• Skills in consultation to professional and non - professional groups

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address: The Julian Hospital, Bowthorpe Road, Norwich, NR2 3TD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Principal Clinical Psychologist Erica Richmond Erica.Richmond@nsft.nhs.uk 07979803518

Supporting documents
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