Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 246-ESU8122585
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Learning Disability Inpatient and Intensive Support Team
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 gross per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist - Band 8a
Band 8a
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.
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.
Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.
Job overview
Join a dynamic and supportive team at Walker Close, Ipswich!
We are seeking a qualified Clinical Psychologist to join our Learning Disability and Autism Intensive Support Team (IST).
The IST is a tertiary team of health professionals who provide specialist support for individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism who are under either a learning disability, mental health or youth community team.
We support people who may be experiencing distress, or behaviours that are difficult to manage, and who need extra help to stay safe and well.
You’ll be part of a friendly, motivated multidisciplinary team, working collaboratively to support individuals with complex needs.
We offer a strong culture of professional development, with access to protected training time and opportunities to enhance your skills. You’ll also be involved in quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing patient experience and outcomes.
If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this role are to be part of an innovative team working towards reducing behaviours of concern, avoiding hospital admissions, and supporting individuals in a range of settings. You will undertake psychological assessments, formulations and interventions as part of the MDT. There will also be the opportunity for service development and evaluation, research and teaching.
This post would suit a qualified Clinical Psychologist with an interest in working with people with learning disabilities and autism. Newly qualified clinical psychologists are also welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust provide mental health and learning disability care for people across Norfolk and Suffolk. Supporting a population of just over 1.6 million people and employing more than 5,000 staff, we provide high quality care with compassion, delivering many of our services outside of hospital and in the community.
We are committed to continuous improvement and have bold hopes and ambitions for the future.
Our purpose is to be a provider of exceptional care and a trusted partner, working together with our communities to innovate for the mental health of everyone. Our values are that we are Fair (providing equal opportunity, recognise hard work and give power to people’s voices); Compassionate (we are kind and inclusive with each other’s wellbeing in our hearts) and Learning (we collaborate, we innovate, we are accountable for our promises).
We will not tolerate any form of discrimination and we resolve to tackle inequalities and prejudice that our people face, within our organisation and communities.
Details of our benefits and other important information are contained in the attached document.
For all substantive new staff who are appointed, there will be a 6-month probation period.
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs, the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology or counselling, accredited by BPS
- Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health and care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Supervisor training, to be a supervisor of doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees or willing to undertake training
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and / or therapiest)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist (Band 7) and supervise trainee clinical psychologistable to evidence appropriate knowledge and experience in practice to enable the post holder to clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Eleanor Ritson
- Job title
- Consultant Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07534014985
- Additional information
For further information and to arrange an informal visit, please contact Dr. Eleanor Ritson, Consultant Psychologist on 07534014985.
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