Associate Director of Psychology

Associate Director of Psychology

Band 8c

Main area

Clinical Psychology

Grade

Band 8c

Contract

Permanent

Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

246-CEN8015309

Site

Hellesdon Hospital

Town

Norwich

Salary

£79,504 - £91,609 gross per annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

14/06/2026 23:59

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.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience

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.

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 experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

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 cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology that confers HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as practitioner psychologist

Desirable criteria

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist for a significant period, including post qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located
• Substantial demonstrable experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, within the content of a multi-disciplinary care plan.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working as a consultant clinical psychologist
• Experience of implementing clinical governance procedures.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Expertise in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment formulations intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Ability to produce reports and documents for Boards and Committees using relevant technology to present complex data and strategy with clarity.
• Formal training in supervision of psychologists and/or other psychological professionals.

Desirable criteria

• Skills and experience of using leadership models and the application of models of change at a service level.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Doctoral level (or equivalent) knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
• Knowledge and understanding of the current change agenda within mental health.
• Knowledge of integrated governance/quality governance.

Other

Essential criteria

• Seek out and act on performance feedback and continually build capability as a leader.
• Resilient and selfmotivated with drive and vision, able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities across competing agendas.
• Ability to travel independently

Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

YOUR APPLICATION

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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.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Dr Jamie Durrance-Clarke

Job title

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

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