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Mental Health Support Team (MHST) East Suffolk - Senior Clinician

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Ipswich, IP1 2GA

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

6 September 2026

6 days left

Job description

Ambitious, creative, clinically skilled? Passionate about mental health services for children and young people? This is an exciting opportunity to joi...

You will be responsible for providing a high-quality early intervention service to children, young people (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. You will build relationships with and work across a range of education settings.

The role combines direct clinical assessment, formulation and intervention with day-to-day clinical leadership, oversight, outcome monitoring, audit and service improvement.

You will use your clinical skills and experience for direct delivery of evidence-based interventions, consultation to education settings and delivery of whole/school college approaches. You will utilise skills and knowledge of CBT and child and adolescent mental health practice and support service delivery through collaboration and coproduction.

You will clinically supervise and line manage Senior Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and line manage EMHPs. You will work with the MHST East Area Leadership team to share responsibilities to support the team. Travel across the East Suffolk Area will be required.

At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how we work. We are committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in our workforce, including those from the global majority. We recognise that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and are working to address this.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.

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.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or Degree Level Qualification or studied at equivalent level
  • Fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC) or equivalent.

Desirable

  • Higher degree or post-graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice

Experience

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management and clinical supervision experience.
  • Experience with mental health risk assessment/formulation and ongoing management of mental health needs

Desirable

  • Ability to deliver other therapeutic approaches e.g. DBT, EMDR, IPT, systemic therapy

Skills

Essential

  • Competent assessment, formulation and intervention skills, relevant to profession

Knowledge

Essential

  • Build on / develop further specialist knowledge of health promotion and recovery

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

10 August 2026

Last checked

12 August 2026

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About the employer

NSF
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

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