Clinical Psychologist | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Fixed term contract/ secondment opportunity until 10/8/27

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Clinical Psychology team within the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

#The post will offer 7.5 hours to the breast cancer service, supporting people with a diagnosis of breast cancer and 14 hours psychological support to the diabetes team.

The clinical psychology department has staff working in paediatric, transition and adult services across a range of specialties. The team meet regularly for department meetings and to share learning and knowledge. There are excellent links with the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme at UEA .

We would be keen to hear from applicants who are soon to complete their Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and would appoint newly qualified staff on a Band 7. Candidates with at least 18 months experience would be appointed at a Band 8A.

The role includes a combination of individual assessment and treatment appointments, in addition to multi-disciplinary work and consultation. Clinical supervision will be provided by a consultant clinical psychologist and specialist EMDR supervision is available, if the post holder is trained in this approach.

CBT and ACT are currently the most commonly used therapies in these services, although CFT, motivational interviewing and EMDR are all also supported and supervision for these approaches can be offered.

There is scope for offering therapy groups in each specialty. The current post holder has developed excellent relationships with these teams and so Clinical Psychology is highly respected and valued.

In addition to duties within clinics, the post-holder will be expected to contribute to the development of Clinical Psychology across the Trust.

Part time

21.5 hrs per week

Interview date

9thJuly 2026

If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of

NHS benefits/discounts and in addition

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• To be responsible for providing a highly specialist systematic and autonomous clinical psychology service, within the specialist area, in accordance with objectives agreed with service and professional managers. The post will require independent management of caseload and provision of a psychology service with appropriate supervision and professional management, as per BPS guidelines. To provide a clinical service to other specialties, in order to back-fill any supervision and management time, as agreed with the Service Manager for Clinical Psychology.
• To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the specialist teams based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the patient’s care. The post will require manipulation of highly specialist equipment for neuropsychological and psychometric assessments of ability and performance. Assessments will also require the systematic observation, recording, analysis and interpretation of complex visual material.
• To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and management for clients in the service and their families with accompanying psychological difficulties, including clients with highly complex clinical presentations and histories. Treatment to be based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence based methods.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for adults, children, carers, families and groups (where appropriate) within and across settings employed individually and systemically, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Jun 2026