We are looking for enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologists to join our Norfolk and Waveney Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service. Three vacancies available:
Permanent full-time (1.0 WTE) Band 7/8a preceptorship post within the Central Norfolk EIP Team
Permanent part-time (0.5 WTE) Band 7/8a preceptorship post within the West Norfolk EIP Team
One-year (fixed-term/secondment) part-time (0.5 WTE) Band 7/8a post within the Central Norfolk EIP Team
Successful applicants would also have the option of combining the two 0.5 WTE posts to create a full-time role across the West Norfolk and Central Norfolk EIP teams. The Norfolk and Waveney EIP Service is a well-established specialist service within NSFT, providing assessment and treatment for people aged 14–65 experiencing a first episode of psychosis. Applications are welcomed from newly qualified, soon-to-be qualified, and experienced Clinical and Counselling Psychologists. For those joining at Band 7, our established preceptorship programme provides a structured and supportive pathway towards developing advanced competencies and progression to Band 8a. The banding of the post will therefore reflect the successful candidate's qualifications and level of experience.
Previous training and experience in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis and Bipolar (CBT-pb) and Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT) would be desirable but not essential, as relevant professional development opportunities will be available.
As a psychologist within EIP, you will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to individuals and their families. You will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to weekly MDT discussions, facilitating a fortnightly reflective practice group, and providing clinical supervision and line management to Assistant Psychologists and other members of the therapies team.
Our therapies team has a strong culture of collaboration and learning, with opportunities to develop experience in family work forming an important part of the role. We hold regular away days, offer opportunities for peer group supervision, and are committed to supporting continuing professional development. We are also a research-active service, with opportunities to contribute to local and national projects, and we maintain strong links with the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia.
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.
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.
Please find attached our Job Description 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!
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.
For any enquiries about the posts, please contact Dr André Bolster, Clinical Psychologist, on 07557 191355 or via email at
[email protected].
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