Consultant Clinical Psychologist Intensive and Assertive Outreach


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£79,504 to £91,609 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Kings Lynn, PE30 5PD
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	14 Sept 2026
Closing date:	28 Sept 2026

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Summary

Key responsibilities will include: Providing clinical and professional leadership to support the continued development of psychologically informed and evidence-based practice within the Intensive and Assertive Outreach Team. Offering specialist psychological consultation, formulation and advice for individuals with complex mental health difficulties, high-risk presentations and multi-agency involvement. Supporting and supervising the team's Band 8b Clinical Psychologist, contributing to their professional development and enabling the delivery of high-quality psychological provision across the service. Leading on the development and implementation of innovative psychological approaches, service models and care pathways for people who struggle to engage with conventional mental health services. Working systemically across community, inpatient and specialist services to improve transitions of care and reduce the risk of individuals falling between services and organisational boundaries. Developing strong collaborative relationships with internal and external partners, including community mental health teams, inpatient services, social care, housing, voluntary sector organisations and other relevant agencies. Promoting formulation-led and trauma-informed approaches to care planning, risk management and intervention within multidisciplinary teams. Providing specialist psychological leadership in relation to complex service-user pathways, supporting staff to maintain engagement and deliver recovery-focused care. Contributing to workforce development through training, reflective practice, consultation and supervision for multidisciplinary colleagues. Leading and contributing to service evaluation, audit, quality improvement and research activities that enhance service effectiveness and outcomes. Supporting strategic developments within the wider Psychology Service and Adult Mental Health Care Group, ensuring psychological expertise informs pathway design and service planning. Maintaining a small specialist clinical caseload where appropriate, focused on complex systemic, consultation or direct clinical work that supports the overall objectives of the service. Whilst the post is located in West Norfolk, the Intensive and Assertive Team covers the geographical region covered by the trust. The post holder might be required to travel on the basis of need (and largely in relation to supporting the 8B principal Clinical Psychologist in the team), but opportunities to work from other parts of the trust will be supported where possible. This role would be open to a fixed-term secondment by internal candidates (with approval of their line manager) or external candidates. Please let us know if you are applying for the first time to a consultant role, as we will have a BPS assessor present at the interview who can advise on appointability and development plans for new consultants. 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. Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

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