Psychological Therapist

We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Psychological Therapist to join our busy Community Mental Health Team on permanent basis. The post is based at the City Anchorage, Julian Hospital, Bowthorpe Road in Norwich. This post offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the care of adults experiencing complex mental health difficulties, including relational challenges, within a multi-disciplinary secondary care setting. You will be joining a diverse and skilled team with competencies and accreditations in a range of evidence-based psychological therapies. The role is essential in maintaining continuity of psychological input and supporting the wider MDT during a period of increased service demand and development., This is a varied and dynamic role suited to a practitioner with clinical confidence and flexibility. Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting assessments for therapy suitability.
• Delivering individual and group psychological interventions.
• Providing psychological consultation and clinical supervision to multi-disciplinary colleagues.
• Contributing to teaching and training for staff across the service.
• Attending and actively participating in MDT meetings, offering psychological perspectives to inform care planning.
• Supporting the psychology team in sustaining high standards of care and service delivery during the fixed-term period.
  
  Benefits included with this role are: -
• 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.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other. NSFT is committed to lifelong learning and continuous professional development (CPD) for its entire staff. There are a variety of definitions of CPD across the professions, but it is usually taken to mean learning activities which update existing skills. CPD is determined through appraisal with a personal development plan agreed between an individual and their manager, with the commitment of the necessary time and resources.