Clinical Psychologist

The Clinical Service Lead is a key clinical and management role and is responsible for the day-to-day clinical delivery of all aspects of the Staff Support Service. We are looking for a dedicated, compassionate, dynamic and enthusiastic Clinical Lead who is passionate about supporting & working with all staff across the organisation who have experienced Occupational Trauma that is impacting on them professionally and personally. The Clinical lead will help to shape the team to ensure sustainability and flexibility for the future. This is an opportunity to work in a team of experienced clinicians who launched through COVID and have worked across the wider front-line services to offer support to staff. The service has worked hard to build and develop a Trauma Informed approach focusing on resilience and recovery. This service is nowaligned with local Talking Therapies Service covering both Norfolk and Suffolk areas. The Staff Support Service, besides a small team of Professionals providing one toone therapeutic intervention, also consists of the TRIM (Trauma Risk IncidentManagement) and in addition hosts a Primary Care Network (PCN) TRiM Manager as well supporting the Trust BME Engagement and Research Lead. The service has been managed through some changes and is developing a revised service model., This role involves direct clinical care, strategic development of the service, andcollaboration with multidisciplinary teams, ultimately the successful candidatewill provide specialised psychological support to staff members experiencingoccupational trauma and other relevant clinical presentations. Supervised by theBand 8D Consultant Psychologist, this role will be alongside SeniorPsychotherapists, and the Service Manager. Duties of the role include:

• To provide a high quality specialist clinical psychology service for people with complex mental health problems across the Service.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the governance of psychological practice within the Service. To supervise and support the psychological assessment and intervention provided by other psychologists (newly qualified and trainees) and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
• To undertake specialised clinical work within the Service and with external agencies, which will include assessment, direct and indirect intervention, supervision, training and consultancy.
• To provide specialist knowledge and consultation to staff at all levels and contribute to their development.
• To utilise research and training skills and knowledge for audit, policy and service development, research activity and other programmes within the Service.
  
  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.