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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Suffolk Rehabilitation Service – Inpatient and Community as a Clinical Psychologist (Band 8b) in a substantive post.
This senior role sits within a well-established multidisciplinary rehabilitation service supporting individuals with complex mental health needs across inpatient and community pathways. You will provide expert psychological leadership, specialist clinical input, and consultation, contributing to the delivery of high-quality, recovery-focused and person-centred care.
Working closely with colleagues across inpatient and community settings, you will support continuity of care and effective transitions along the rehabilitation pathway. The role includes responsibility for supervision, service development, and active involvement in quality improvement initiatives.
The service offers a supportive and collaborative culture, with access to regular supervision, protected CPD time, and opportunities to influence service delivery at a strategic level.
If you are an experienced Clinical Psychologist with a passion for rehabilitation and leadership, we would welcome your application.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert psychological leadership, specialist clinical input, and consultation.
- Support continuity of care and effective transitions along the rehabilitation pathway.
- Undertake comprehensive psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions.
- Provide supervision and consultation.
- Work collaboratively within the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).
- Lead on service development, evaluation, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Develop and deliver psychologically informed group interventions.
- Design and facilitate staff training within the service and to wider teams across and beyond the Trust.
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About the Role
The postholder will be a key member of an innovative, AHP-led multidisciplinary team, delivering specialist rehabilitation assessment and intervention within the service’s inpatient and community team.
About the Trust
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).
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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.
Benefits
Details of our benefits and other important information are contained in the attached document.
Employment Details
- 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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Eleanor Ritson
- Job title: Consultant Psychologist
- Email address: Eleanor.Ritson@nsft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07534014985
For further information and to arrange an informal visit, please contact Dr. Eleanor Ritson, Consultant Psychologist on 07534014985.
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