# Principal Clinical Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/principal-clinical-psychologist/3ef33423-5765-4be1-bd0e-b015a44f9d1c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/principal-clinical-psychologist/3ef33423-5765-4be1-bd0e-b015a44f9d1c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Norwich - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 gross per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Or Secondment - Maternity Cover) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 26.25 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T10:31:44.538Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8032479 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8032479?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are delighted to advertise a Principal Clinical Psychologist post for the Central Norfolk Children and Young Persons (CYP) Youth Service. This service supports young people aged 14-25 who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who work as a strong multi-disciplinary team to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers. The CYP services in Central Norfolk provide specialist mental health interventions to young people up to 25 in the Central Norfolk area, as well as providing specialist intervention to Looked After and Adopted Children across Norfolk and Waveney. Currently the CYP services in Norfolk are divided into an under 14 CAMH Service and a 14-25 Youth Service, although this is likely to change in 2026-27 to an under-18s CAMH service and a 18-25 YAMH service. This post will remain in the YAMH Service following this change. The role involves delivering specialist psychological therapies, leading and supervising the psychology and therapies staff, and helping to develop the service provision under the supervision of the Associate Director of Psychology/Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Central Norfolk CFYP. We are keen to hear from applicants who would be interested in completing further training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and/or Mentalisation-Based Therapy (MBT). Interested parties are invited to call for an informal discussion or visit. ### Main duties of the job The role of the Principal Clinical Psychologists within our Youth Service is to provide senior clinical leadership within the specified team, with an expectation that a proportion of time is spent involved in direct client work, alongside a significant focus upon leadership activities: Providing specialist psychological therapies, holding a small caseload Providing clinical supervision to psychologist, therapists and other practitioners within the team. Collaborative and shared leadership of the team with the Community Team Manager and Consultant Psychiatrist. Providing consultation to indirectly support the delivery of treatment by others. Establishing and leading on a psychologically safe and informed environment for teams and staff through positive leadership values and behaviours, including integrity, respect, compassion and curiosity. Providing a key role in team containment, working with professional systems, having difficult conversations, managing team emotions, and thinking systemically. Running, contributing to or supporting service development projects in liaison with the Consultant Psychologist or other staff from the Senior Leadership Team. Providing and contributing significantly to the psychological practice of the team with a focus on quality, efficacy and increasing improvement. Working alongside the Consultant Clinical Psychologists for CFYP services across Suffolk and Norfolk in developing clinical pathways ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are looking to recruit an inspired and confident Practitioner Psychologist to provide quality containment, supervision and leadership to our clinical staff, and to contribute to the direction of the service. You will be supervised by the Child and Young Persons Associate Director of Psychology. You will have the opportunity to hold a small caseload; delivering skilled interventions to young people, and developing your skill set through training tailored to your interests. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! 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. Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs ## Job Details We are delighted to advertise a Principal Clinical Psychologist post for the Central Norfolk Children and Young Persons (CYP) Youth Service. This service supports young people aged 14-25 who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who work as a strong multi-disciplinary team to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers. The CYP services in Central Norfolk provide specialist mental health interventions to young people up to 25 in the Central Norfolk area, as well as providing specialist intervention to Looked After and Adopted Children across Norfolk and Waveney. Currently the CYP services in Norfolk are divided into an under 14 CAMH Service and a 14-25 Youth Service, although this is likely to change in 2026-27 to an under-18s CAMH service and a 18-25 YAMH service. This post will remain in the YAMH Service following this change. The role involves delivering specialist psychological therapies, leading and supervising the psychology and therapies staff, and helping to develop the service provision under the supervision of the Associate Director of Psychology/Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Central Norfolk CFYP. We are keen to hear from applicants who would be interested in completing further training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and/or Mentalisation-Based Therapy (MBT). Interested parties are invited to call for an informal discussion or visit. ## Job Description The role of the Principal Clinical Psychologists within our Youth Service is to provide senior clinical leadership within the specified team, with an expectation that a proportion of time is spent involved in direct client work, alongside a significant focus upon leadership activities: Providing specialist psychological therapies, holding a small caseload Providing clinical supervision to psychologist, therapists and other practitioners within the team. Collaborative and shared leadership of the team with the Community Team Manager and Consultant Psychiatrist. Providing consultation to indirectly support the delivery of treatment by others. Establishing and leading on a psychologically safe and informed environment for teams and staff through positive leadership values and behaviours, including integrity, respect, compassion and curiosity. Providing a key role in team containment, working with professional systems, having difficult conversations, managing team emotions, and thinking systemically. Running, contributing to or supporting service development projects in liaison with the Consultant Psychologist or other staff from the Senior Leadership Team. Providing and contributing significantly to the psychological practice of the team with a focus on quality, efficacy and increasing improvement. Working alongside the Consultant Clinical Psychologists for CFYP services across Suffolk and Norfolk in developing clinical pathways ## Responsibilities We are looking to recruit an inspired and confident Practitioner Psychologist to provide quality containment, supervision and leadership to our clinical staff, and to contribute to the direction of the service. You will be supervised by the Child and Young Persons Associate Director of Psychology. You will have the opportunity to hold a small caseload; delivering skilled interventions to young people, and developing your skill set through training tailored to your interests. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Some of the benefits you can expect: Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice. - Able to identify, and employ appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice. **Desirable** - Experience of working within a multicultural framework. - Experience of providing specific support intervention and strategy for staff. ### Skills **Essential** - Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. - Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology. - Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively complex, highly technical and clinically highly sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS **Desirable** - Production of reports suitable for public presentations and presentation in medico-legal setting. - High level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of psychological therapies. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc.) - Practitioner level knowledge of at least two models of psychological therapy. - Legislation and its implication for clinical practice and the appropriate management of people presenting with mental health problems ### Experience **Essential** - Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity. - Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training. - Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems. **Desirable** - Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts). - Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post ### Qualifications **Essential** - Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS - Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice - Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) **Desirable** - Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice ## Documents - [band 8b clinical psychologist (pdf, 376.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10320117) - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.