Principal Clinical Psychologist

Principal Clinical Psychologist Location: King's Lynn, England, United Kingdom Are you a skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist looking to lead and shape psychological services? This role offers an exciting leadership opportunity as an 8b Principal Psychologist, to provide high‑quality psychological care, develop innovative clinical pathways, and support staff and service users within a 0‑14 community CAMHS covering beautiful West Norfolk. The role will involve working alongside a diverse multi‑professional team, providing clinical oversight of the psychological therapies offered within the team and offering direct clinical supervision to the 8a Clinical Psychologist. The team strives to be dynamic and creative and are dedicated to providing a needs‑led approach to improve the lives of children and young people by providing a mental health service to be proud of. It is a service that shows compassion, kindness and hope at a time when families need it most. The team can support hybrid and flexible working patterns to ensure a balanced and healthy work life. Note: It is an NSFT ambition that the age range will change from 0–16 by April 2026 with an aim to extend this to 0–18 as the service develops. Responsibilities Clinical Leadership: Provide strategic clinical leadership across a community youth mental health team for young people between the age of 0 and 14, ensuring high standards of psychological care. Service Development: Expand access to psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence‑based interventions, enhancing collaboration, treatment choice, and effectiveness. Supervision & Line Management: Offer supervision / line management to psychological professionals and trainees, fostering a culture of learning and excellence within the service. Training & Development: Support and where appropriate implement and deliver training to embed psychologically informed practices within the multidisciplinary team, supporting a stepped‑care model of psychological care. Staff Wellbeing & Resilience: Promote staff wellbeing by leading reflective supervision and post‑incident support enhancing resilience and retention in challenging environments. Clinical Practice: Maintain a clinical caseload, delivering high‑quality, comprehensive psychological assessment and interventions for complex clients within the service. Service User Engagement: Lead co‑produced service development, empowering service users to actively shape psychological services through meaningful collaboration. Innovation & Research: Collaborate with local universities to support teaching, supervise doctoral trainees, and contribute to research and quality improvement initiatives. 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 cafés, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top‑ranking schooling and affordable house prices too. Contact Name: Lynda Meina, Director of Psychology Email: lynda.meina@nsft.nhs.uk Telephone: 07818538000 Seniority Level Director Employment Type Full‑time Job Function Health Care Provider Industries Mental Health Care #J-18808-Ljbffr