Psychological Therapist

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.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us

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JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

**Job overview**:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated accredited **Psychotherapist **to join our friendly adult community mental health team in Great Yarmouth. Our community services are at the cusp of important service transformations and we are looking for someone who will be able to develop and promote psychologically informed working within the community team, alongside the more traditional provision of psychological therapies.

**Please note that we only will shortlist applicants who have completed their qualification and can already work independently as a psychotherapist.**

**Main duties of the job**:
We are looking for someone with experience of working psychologically with adults with complex presentations associated with community mental health.

The role is both varied and challenging. We are seeking someone who would be able to carry out assessments for therapy suitability, individual and group therapy, psychological consultation and clinical supervision to the multi-disciplinary teams and deliver teaching and training for staff.

As part of the post holder development, we are willing to consider opportunities for further training in evidence-based psychological interventions.

**Working for our organisation**:
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.

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

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Health or Social Care professional qualification RMN, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology, Diploma in Social Work or equivalent
- Postgraduate diploma in CBT or CAT or family therapy or equivalent
- Registration with appropriate professional body

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of working with clients with mental health problems
- Training and ability to deliver other therapeutic approaches e.g. CBT, CAT, DBT, EMDR, IPT

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of working in secondary care with clients with complex presentations

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Able to communicate effectively with a range of individuals, clients, professionals and organisations
- Able to demonstrate a flexible enabling approach to service delivery
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES_
- Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. _
- Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Two Ticks - Guaranteed Interview Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). _
- DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB) _
- Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so._
- The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale._

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