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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you an experienced practitioner psychologist or psychotherapist ready to lead and shape the future of psychological services within West Suffolk? We are seeking an exceptional <strong>Associate Director of Psychology</strong>to join our team, focusing primarily on<strong>the Specialist Services in West Suffolk which host the Eating Disorder services and ARFID services across Norfolk and Suffolk</strong>. In Suffolk there are the under 18s and adult Eating Disorder services and Norfolk there is the under 18s ED services.</p> <p>Reporting to the <strong>LocalityDirector of Psychology</strong>, you will provide strategic and clinical leadership to ensure psychological approaches are embedded within multidisciplinary teams, delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care. This pivotal role supports the transformation of services aligned with the Trust's objectives, driving innovation, collaboration, and excellence in psychological care.</p> <p>This is a unique opportunity to lead the development and implementation of specialist psychological pathways for people experiencing a range of difficulties requiring specialist services, while contributing to workforce development, supervision, and training.</p> <p>You will be supported in this role and CPD relevant to the role will be available and encouraged.</p>   <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p> Provide Professional leadership for all psychology staff in the Clinical Network.</p> <p> Provide professional advice on psychological practice and providing assurance on delivery of psychological approaches</p> <p> Develop psychological approaches and interventions and role sot support care delivery across the clinical network.</p> <p> Contribute to the supervision of staff in the service, including professional appraisal and identification of CPD needs across the service.</p> <p> Lead on policy development and implementation of psychological service provision within the clinical network.</p> <p> Working with the multi-professional's leadership team to embed NSFT shared culture and values.</p> <p> Undertake audit, teaching and research activities, and to promote research activity within the clinical network.</p> <p> To ensure that arrangements are in place for the for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the clinical network.</p> <p> Provide a specialist clinical service directly to clients and through provision of expert advice, consultancy and supervision to professional colleagues.</p> <p> 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.</p> <p> Lead and participate in Trust wide initiatives and projects. </p>   <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Why work for us?</strong> 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.</p> <p><strong>Why Norfolk and Suffolk? </strong>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.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>14 October 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8c</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
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      £76,965 to £88,682 a year
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
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          Flexible working
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>246-WSU7394009</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Hospital Road</p>
            <p>Bury St Edmunds</p>
            <p>IP33 3JU</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a more detailed overview of your Key Accountabilities. If you believe you have the necessary qualities to make a positive impact in your local communities, please click APPLY!</p>
<p>Some of the benefits you can expect:</p>
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<li>NHS pension</li>
<li>a comprehensive in house &amp; external training programmes</li>
<li>career progression</li>
<li>starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)</li>
<li>staff physio service</li>
<li>NHS discounts and many more.</li>
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        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a more detailed overview of your Key Accountabilities. If you believe you have the necessary qualities to make a positive impact in your local communities, please click APPLY!</p>
<p>Some of the benefits you can expect:</p>
<ul>
<li>NHS pension</li>
<li>a comprehensive in house &amp; external training programmes</li>
<li>career progression</li>
<li>starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)</li>
<li>staff physio service</li>
<li>NHS discounts and many more.</li>
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        <li>Post graduate doctoral level training that confers HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist Pscyucologist</li>
        
        <li>Registration with the Health and Care professions Council as Practitioner Psychologist</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.</li>
          
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        <li>Assessed experience  of working as a  qualified practitioner  psychologist for a  significant period,  including post  qualification  experience within the  designated specialty  where the post is  located.</li>
        
        <li>Substantial  experience of  involving service  users and carers in  the development and  improvement of  services.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of  providing  consultation,  supervision, and  training to  multidisciplinary staff.</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Experience of  working as a  Consultant  Psychologist  Experience of  managing staff.</li>
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Post graduate doctoral level training that confers HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist Pscyucologist</li>
          
          <li>Registration with the Health and Care professions Council as Practitioner Psychologist</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.</li>
            
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Assessed experience  of working as a  qualified practitioner  psychologist for a  significant period,  including post  qualification  experience within the  designated specialty  where the post is  located.</li>
          
          <li>Substantial  experience of  involving service  users and carers in  the development and  improvement of  services.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of  providing  consultation,  supervision, and  training to  multidisciplinary staff.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Experience of  working as a  Consultant  Psychologist  Experience of  managing staff.</li>
            
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
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      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Norfolk &amp; Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Hospital Road</p>
            <p>Bury St Edmunds</p>
            <p>IP33 3JU</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Norfolk &amp; Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Hospital Road</p>
                    <p>Bury St Edmunds</p>
                    <p>IP33 3JU</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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