We are delighted to advertise for a Practitioner Psychologist post to lead our complex emotional needs (CEN) service based in South Norfolk. The CEN service is a small team which the successful applicant will oversee and lead. The team is funded from community transformation money and sits closely alongside the Adult South Norfolk CMHT. The remit of the service is to provide psychological support and intervention to service users in the CMHT who have CEN. The service offers the full DBT programme as well as other evidenced based psychological interventions to service users in the South Norfolk CMHT. There are opportunities for further professional development in DBT if needed. The service links up with part of the West Norfolk locality for a DBT consult.
Main duties of the job
As the practitioner psychologist / psychological therapist, you will be a key player in developing psychologically informed ways of working and practice in the multi-disciplinary team.
* To provide psychological assessment, formulation and a range of brief evidence based psychological interventions when appropriate targeting the needs of the CEN population in South Norfolk.
* To develop and carry out appropriate psychological or psychologically informed training for staff involved in this project.
* To be responsible for measuring outcomes of psychological or psychologically informed interventions which are reported back to the ICB.
* To be a key player in supporting a co-produced vision of service development, enabling and empowering service users to have equal voice in shaping up psychological services.
We are committed to delivering equitable services and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. As a service we are keen to support our colleagues to develop roles that reflect their professional interests and meet their unique needs and would welcome a conversation around flexible working. The role would also allow a degree of remote working.
About us
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 nursing 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.
Job description
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS
* Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Desirable
* Further recognised qualification in DBT
Experience
Essential
* Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity.
* Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training
Desirable
* Experience of using DBT
Other
Essential
* Ability to travel independently
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Gateway House
Unit 1, Gateway 11 Business Park, Farrier Close
Wymondham
NR18 0WF
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