Assistant Psychologist

at  Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed Assistant Psychologist to join the West Norfolk CAMHS Team, based at Thurlow House in Kings Lynn.
This is an innovative service offering assessment and treatment of young people under the age of 14 with a variety of complex mental health needs . We are looking for psychology graduates with previous Assistant Psychologist or relevant clinical experience who are interested in working with young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, who can be compassionate, thoughtful and have the ability to apply psychological theory to their work.
Weekly supervision for this post will be provided by a clinical psychologist within the team. We have good links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme with previous post holders having been accepted onto the clinical doctorate and regularly have Trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement.
We request that as part of your application you answer the following question in 500 words or less at the beginning of the supporting information section on your application form:
“How may you need to differentiate your treatment offer for young people accessing our moderate to severe mental health service to meet their needs?”
Please note that applications that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered for shortlisting
Within this role the post holder will have the opportunity to help assess, formulate and deliver a range of psychological interventions to young people and families across this age range, as well as opportunities for delivering both group and family interventions . W orking as part of the MDT this role will involve working with staff to offer psychologically informed care, develop psychological formulations as well as supporting the wider team with undertaking routine outcome measures and reporting on these outcomes .
Further responsibilities of this post will be conducting reviews alongside Clinical Psychologists within the team, supporting the wider psychological therapies team and supporting with monitoring of clients on waiting lists. There will also be the opportunity to be involved in service evaluation.
It is important to us that all staff share our values and core beliefs, and those of the NHS Constitution. If you want to work in an environment of mutual respect, compassion, integrity and collaborative working, then we are the team for you.
We are an improving Trust, with ambitious aspirations and we are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work.
Why Norfolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, we have a beautiful coastline and the 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.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS YOU CAN EXPECT:

NHS pension
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.
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!
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For further details please contact James Moss on james.moss@nsft.nhs.u

Please refer the Job description for details