Clinical Psychologist

Job Summary
Join us in shaping a specialist service for young adults. Are you passionate about supporting young people during one of the most significant transitions in their lives? We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Clinical Psychologist to join our Central Suffolk Young Adult Mental Health Service (YAMHS) based in Stowmarket. The service supports young adults aged 18-25 experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties and provides psychologically informed, recovery-focused care during the critical transition into adulthood. We are keen to attract applicants with a strong interest in working with young adults and will consider applications from newly qualified Clinical Psychologists through a structured preceptorship pathway to Band 8a.

About the Service
YAMHS is a secondary care mental health service specifically designed to meet the needs of young adults aged 18-25 years. The service recognises the unique developmental challenges faced by young people as they navigate transitions in relationships, education, employment, identity and independence alongside mental health difficulties.

What We Offer

• Opportunities for specialist training and continuing professional development.
• Structured preceptorship pathway from Band 7 to Band 8a where appropriate.
• Opportunities to contribute to service innovation and development.
• Access to reflective practice and peer support.
• Flexible working opportunities to support work-life balance.

Main Duties of the Job
As a Clinical Psychologist within YAMHS, you will:

• Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for young adults presenting with complex mental health needs.
• Offer a range of evidence-based psychological therapies, drawing upon your specialist training and expertise.
• Work collaboratively with service users, families and partner agencies.
• Provide psychological consultation and advice to MDT colleagues.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary assessments, risk management and care planning.
• Deliver teaching, training and supervision to colleagues and trainees where appropriate.
• Participate in service development, quality improvement and evaluation initiatives.
• Support the ongoing development of psychologically informed practice across the service.

Applicants appointed via a Band 7 preceptorship pathway will be supported through a structured development programme with dedicated supervision and clear objectives to progress to Band 8a competencies.

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.

Details
Date posted: 28 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 246-ESU8142394
Job locations: Haymills House, Station Road East, Stowmarket, IP14 1RF, United Kingdom

Job Responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification 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!

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.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS
• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Experience
Essential

• 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 range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment.
• Experience of supervision and teaching.

Desirable

• Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post

Knowledge
Essential

• Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis.

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).

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.