Practitioner Psychologist in Norwich

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.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

We are seeking a highly skilled Band 8b Practitioner Psychologist to join our Community Forensic Services, working across both Norfolk and Suffolk, supporting individuals with complex mental health, offending, and risk-related needs to live safely and successfully within the community. The post holder will be responsible for managing the existing psychological service within the Norfolk Forensic Community Team and developing the newly commissioned psychological service within the Suffolk Forensic Community team.

The post-holder will provide highly specialist psychological services, delivering assessment, formulation, intervention, consultation and risk management for individuals with complex mental health, offending and forensic needs. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post-holder will contribute to care planning, service development and the promotion of psychologically informed practice across the service. The role includes leadership responsibility for Community Forensic Service development and evaluation, supervision of psychology staff and trainees, and partnership working with health, social care and criminal justice agencies.

The successful candidate will be an HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist with substantial experience of working with complex presentations and risk. They will have strong skills in formulation, consultation, supervision, and multidisciplinary working, alongside a commitment to recovery-focused and trauma-informed practice.

Main duties of the job include:

• Providing highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for individuals with complex mental health, offending and risk-related needs within a community forensic setting.
• Providing consultation and specialist advice to multidisciplinary colleagues, external agencies and partner organisations.
• Promoting psychologically informed and trauma-informed practice across the service.
• Providing clinical leadership, supervision and training to psychology staff, trainees and other professionals.
• Contributing to service development, quality improvement, audit and research activities.

At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how we work. We are committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed. We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in our workforce, including those from the global majority.

We recognise that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and are working to address this. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities include:

• Leading on service development and evaluation.
• Contributing to comprehensive care planning, risk assessment and risk management.
• Ensuring that psychological understanding informs decision-making and supports recovery, safety and community integration.

Person specification:

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS.
• 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.
• Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems.
• Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information.
• Ability to travel independently.

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.

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.