8B Principal Clinical Psychologist

Are you an 8A Clinical Psychologist seeking progression? Or an existing 8B Clinical Psychologist ready for a new challenge? We would love for you to come and join us to provide clinical leadership in our West Suffolk Young Adult Mental Health Services!

We’re looking for a pro‑active, passionate, and motivated 8B Principal Clinical Psychologist. As one of the few trusts in the country with a dedicated service line recognising the unique needs and challenges faced by those in the 18‑25 year old age range, we pride ourselves on our developmentally informed secondary mental health service. This post offers the opportunity to work and provide clinical leadership within the West Suffolk YAMHS service, promoting and enhancing psychological knowledge and understanding, and upholding the highest standards of clinical governance.

If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical and leadership skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to young people’s lives then we would love to hear from you. In return, we are keen to offer opportunities for further learning and development, including training and the chance to develop and contribute to research and other projects within our broader CFYP services.

• Providing consultation to indirectly support the delivery of treatment by others.
• Providing clinical supervision to experienced psychologists and other professionals.
• Progressing staff development in the team, informing and being informed by wider strategy.
• Collaborative and shared leadership of the team with the Clinical Team Manager and Consultant Psychiatrist.
• Establishing and leading on psychologically safe and informed environment for teams and staff through positive leadership values and behaviours, including: integrity, respect, compassion and curiosity.
• Providing a key role in team containment, working with professional systems, having difficult conversations, managing team emotions, thinking clinically and systemically simultaneously.
• Running, contributing to or supporting service development projects in liaison with the Associate Director of Psychology or other staff from the Senior Leadership Team.
• Providing and contributing significantly to the psychological practice of the team with a focus on quality, efficacy and increasing improvement.
• Working alongside the Consultant Clinical Psychologists for CYP services across Suffolk and Norfolk in developing clinical pathway intervention packages.

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 cafés, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Jo Baines Job title: Associate Director of Psychology