Associate Director of Psychology

Job overview

Are you a clinical psychologist with consultant level experience ready to lead and shape the future of Psychological services within Central Norfolk? We are seeking an exceptional Associate Director of Psychology to join our Psychology Team in Adult Acute Services. You will be joining a well-established team working across the largest Acute service in NSFT that comprises five inpatients wards, three of which are part of the new build, a crisis resolution home treatment team and a further new ward.  You will also have oversight of the psychological provision within the wider emergency care pathway which includes the Mental Health Liaison Service.

You will be supported in this role and CPD relevant to the role will be available and encouraged.

The work is challenging, fast paced and rewarding; our Psychology team come with a range of specialist interests and therapy expertise and have strong links to the UEA doctorate course. There will be the opportunity for training and development as part of the role

Main duties of the job

• You will provide professional, strategic and clinical leadership across Acute Services and ensure psychological approaches are embedded within multidisciplinary teams, delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care. You will ensure performance targets are met and undertake direct clinical work, supporting the teams with the most complex cases. This pivotal role includes clinical supervision and line management responsibilities and supports the transformation of services aligned with the Trust's objectives, driving innovation, collaboration, and excellence in psychological care.

This is a unique opportunity to lead the development and implementation of specialist Psychological pathways for people experiencing a range of complex difficulties requiring inpatient admission, while contributing to workforce development, supervision, and training.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• P       Provide Professional leadership for all psychology staff in the Clinical Network.
• Provide professional advice on psychological practice and providing assurance on delivery of psychological approaches
• Develop psychological approaches and interventions and role sot support care delivery across the clinical network.
• Contribute to the effective clinical and professional supervision of staff in the service, including professional appraisal and identification of CPD needs across the service.
• Lead on policy development and implementation of psychological service provision within the clinical network.
• Working with the multi-professional’s leadership team to embed NSFT shared culture and values.
• Undertake audit, teaching and research activities, and to promote research activity within the clinical network.
• To ensure that arrangements are in place for the for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the clinical network.
• Provide a specialist clinical service directly to clients and through provision of expert advice, consultancy and supervision to professional colleagues.
• To work closely with the director for psychology to ensure the development and governance aims of psychological services are met, within and across clinical networks and/or other functional departments of NSFT.
• Lead and participate in Trust wide initiatives and projects.
• To initiate and implement service developments and projects within the service.
• To initiate and implement project management, including complex audit and service evaluation with colleagues within and across the service to help develop and improve services to clients and their families.
• To have oversight of the implementation of the trusts research plan to facilitate the appropriate participation of psychological professionals and research projects.