Qualified Psychologist – Community / Home Based: Sponsorship Available

St Andrew’s Healthcare

Job summary

90% remote working from home

Community Based Mental Health Therapy
Services

Location: Suffolk

Would suit someone living in commutable distance from Suffolk, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk or Norwich

Career Level C / (NHS
Band 7 – 8a)

Full Time 37.5 hours a week / flexible working considered

This service is part of our Outpatient Services Division who had their CQC rating as good. Below are some of the comments from
service users our services support:

Changed my life and staff were incredible, faultless, supportive,
skilled, lovely and polite.

The therapy that has been provided with was like no other I had
received in 30 years.

St Andrews Healthcare has a vision of a society in which everyone living with mental health needs is heard valued and has hope for the future. We offer a range of community based services supporting those in need to transform their lives. We are renowned for investing in research and valuing those who work for us.

The successful applicant will be registered with the HCPC or be able to
register in the near future.

Main duties of the job

St Andrews Healthcare has a vision of a society in
which everyone living with mental health needs is heard valued and has hope for
the future. We offer a range of community based services supporting those in
need to transform their lives. We are known as a great place to work with a
thriving workforce and a culture of doing things right. We are renowned for
investing in research and valuing those who work for us.

The National Probation Service
(NPS), have partnered with St Andrews Healthcare to deliver Community Sentence
treatment Requirements as part of a Mental Health Treatment Requirement initiative. This is a unique opportunity to work as a Qualified
Psychologist embedded in probation offices in the Suffolk region.

Within this role you will support
and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the Criminal
Justice System (CJS); providing psychological assessment and psychological
interventions, working independently according to a plan agreed and within the
overall framework MHTRs, and St Andrews policies and procedures.

The service is psychology-led and
holds psychological assessment and formulation, as well as the service users we
work with, at the core of everything it offers.

Experience of using a range of
therapeutic modalities including CBT, EMDR and Compassion Focused Therapy would
also be an advantage although support and development to gain these skills will
be provided.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC Registered Forensic, Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working with similar services

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 31 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.