Band 8a Clinical Psychologist

Location Norwich
Job type Permanent
Salary £44606.00 - £50819.00 per annum
Consultant Vitor Rosado
Reference HQ00103615_1582109793

Sanctuary Health is currently looking for a dedicated Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to work full-time in Norwich.

The Salary for this Permanent Psychologist job is £44,606 - £50,819 per annum.

About the role:

  • Supervise and support the psychological assessment, formulations and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
  • Liaise with other service providers both internal and external to the Trust.
  • Work autonomously within professional guidelines and within overall strategic framework of NSFT. To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service / team.
  • Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
  • Contribute to the ongoing development of the service by prioritising and overseeing the ongoing work of projects that require specialist psychological skills and advice. To contribute more generally to organisational and service developments, staff training and support initiatives both within the service, NSFT and to other professional organisations.
  • Provide teaching and training both internal and external to the Trust.
  • Be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review if applicable.
  • Ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients if applicable.
  • Ensure the accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team if applicable.

Requirements of the Psychologist:

  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS
  • Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
  • Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
  • Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity.
  • Relevant experience in service area
  • Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems

Contact:

This Psychologist job is advertised by Victor Rosado; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.