Assistant Clinical Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an Assistant Psychologist on a full time substantive contract on a full time basis.

NSFT has five under 18s eating disorders teams across Norfolk, including community teams in Great Yarmouth, Norwich and Kings Lynn, an Eating Disorders Intensive Treatment Team (EDITT) and a county wide team focusing on Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). We have two vacancies, one based in our Norwich team, and one split across our Great Yarmouth and ARFID teams.

We are looking to recruit someone with enthusiasm and inter-personal warmth, to a role that will include both clinical work and data collection and analysis.

 

Main duties of the job

You will work alongside a qualified clinical psychologist and other members of the MDT and support psychological assessment and treatment, staff training, and collection and analysis of outcome measures using POD. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will be required to write reports for both clinical work and to provide updates on the routine outcome measures. There may also be opportunities to be involved in service development projects and for training to support your role.

You will receive weekly supervision from a qualified psychologist. We have close links to the clinical psychology doctoral training programme at the UEA and have supported previous assistant psychologists onto clinical training.There are a total of three Assistant Psychologists across the service line. We can accommodate some flexible working, in line with the service need and we are a Family Friendly and supportive team. There will be a requirement to be able to travel independently across the beautiful Norfolk and Suffolk countryside with the frequency dependent on post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A BPS accredited degree in Psychology

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of quantitative research

Desirable

  • Experience of research in the NHS

Skills

Essential

  • Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows
  • Must hold Full UK Driving Licence

Desirable

  • Presentation Skills

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of mental health

Desirable

  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 17 August 2026

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