Job summary
We are looking for enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologists to join our Norfolk and Waveney Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service. Three vacancies available:
Permanent full-time (1.0 WTE) Band 7/8a preceptorship post within the Central Norfolk EIP Team
Permanent part-time (0.5 WTE) Band 7/8a preceptorship post within the West Norfolk EIP Team
One-year (fixed-term/secondment) part-time (0.5 WTE) Band 7/8a post within the Central Norfolk EIP Team
Successful applicants would also have the option of combining the two 0.5 WTE posts to create a full-time role across the West Norfolk and Central Norfolk EIP teams. The Norfolk and Waveney EIP Service is a well-established specialist service within NSFT, providing assessment and treatment for people aged 14-65 experiencing a first episode of psychosis. Applications are welcomed from newly qualified, soon-to-be qualified, and experienced Clinical and Counselling Psychologists. For those joining at Band 7, our established preceptorship programme provides a structured and supportive pathway towards developing advanced competencies and progression to Band 8a. The banding of the post will therefore reflect the successful candidate's qualifications and level of experience.
Previous training and experience in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis and Bipolar (CBT-pb) and Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT) would be desirable but not essential, as relevant professional development opportunities will be available.
Main duties of the job
As a psychologist within EIP, you will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to individuals and their families. You will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to weekly MDT discussions, facilitating a fortnightly reflective practice group, and providing clinical supervision and line management to Assistant Psychologists and other members of the therapies team.
Our therapies team has a strong culture of collaboration and learning, with opportunities to develop experience in family work forming an important part of the role. We hold regular away days, offer opportunities for peer group supervision, and are committed to supporting continuing professional development. We are also a research-active service, with opportunities to contribute to local and national projects, and we maintain strong links with the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia.
About us
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.
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.
Details
Date posted
27 July 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £64,750 a year
gross per annum (pro rata)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time,
Part-time,
Flexible working,
Home or remote working,
Compressed hours
Reference number
246-WSN8152400
Job locations
7 Unthank Road
Norwich
NR2 2PA
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description 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!
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.
For any enquiries about the posts, please contact Dr Andr Bolster, Clinical Psychologist, on 07557 191355 or via email at andre. bolster@nsft. nhs. uk.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description 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!
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.
For any enquiries about the posts, please contact Dr Andr Bolster, Clinical Psychologist, on 07557 191355 or via email at andre. bolster@nsft. nhs. uk.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
What you will do
As a psychologist within EIP, you will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to individuals and their families. You will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to weekly MDT discussions, facilitating a fortnightly reflective practice group, and providing clinical supervision and line management to Assistant Psychologists and other members of the therapies team.
Our therapies team has a strong culture of collaboration and learning, with opportunities to develop experience in family work forming an important part of the role. We hold regular away days, offer opportunities for peer group supervision, and are committed to supporting continuing professional development. We are also a research-active service, with opportunities to contribute to local and national projects, and we maintain strong links with the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia.
Please find attached our Job Description 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!
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.
For any enquiries about the posts, please contact Dr Andr Bolster, Clinical Psychologist, on 07557 191355 or via email at andre. bolster@nsft. nhs. uk.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
What success looks like
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical or counselling psychology, accredited by BPS (or newly/soon to be qualified)
- Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Supervisor training, to be a supervisor of doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees or willing to undertake training
- Experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist (Band 7) and able to evidence appropriate knowledge and experience in practice to enable the post holder to clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with a wide variety and severity of client groups & clinical problems, in various settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Skills in consultation to professional and non - professional groups
- Able to identify, provide and promote appropriate support strategies to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours
- Able to use multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and / or therapist)
- Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment
- Well-developed knowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention and assessment in specialist clinical settings and service user groups
Benefits
- 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.
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- Flexible working,
Interview Process
- 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.
Essential skills
Essential: Mental Health Assessment
Mentioned skills
Mentioned: Clinical Supervision
Mentioned: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Mentioned: Leadership
Mentioned: Line Management
Mentioned: Reflective Practice
Mentioned: Research
Mentioned: Training and Development
About the company
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