Job summary
Employer heading
Clinical Associate in Psychology
Band 6
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.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
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.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
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YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
The successful applicant will join our North East and North West Adult CMHTs based at Hellesdon Hospital. Having had CAP posts in the team for two years the role is well established and valued within the team.
The post holder will need to be confident in completing assessments, running groups and delivering psychological interventions in person. They will also be required to support and work collaboratively with our colleagues within the CMHTs.
Main duties of the job
- The provision of psychological assessment, formulation, individual and group interventions, for service users with complex presentations.
- Undertaking appropriate clinical work under the supervision of an HCPC practitioner psychologist.
- Active participation in multidisciplinary case discussion and formulation meetings.
- Data gathering for audit and research purposes link.
- Training, and consultation.
- This an exciting time to join the team as we continue to develop and deliver a high-quality mental health service for service users in the North Norfolk and Norwich Care Group.
Working for our organisation
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 cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant will join our professional and friendly multidisciplinary teams.
The post holder will need to be confident in completing assessments, running groups and delivering psychological interventions in person. They will also be required to support and work collaboratively with our colleagues within the CMHTs .
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 mor
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Clinical Associate in Psychology qualification
- Registered (or in the process of being registered) on the BPS Wider Psychological Workforce register as a Clinical Associate in Psychology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant supervised experience of delivering psychological assessments and interventions in [setting/service user group relevant to their specific scope of practice]
- Experience of working in a setting with Service Users presenting with moderate to severe mental health difficulties
Personal Qulaities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Awareness of their own competence and expertise and work within those boundaries.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Hannah Cole
- Job title
- Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 421 576
- Additional information
Dr Fritha Roberts
Clinical Psychologist
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