Clinical Psychologist

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an established healthcare provider dedicated to mental health services, where you'll play a vital role in supporting patients with psychosis. This position offers the chance to work collaboratively across community and inpatient teams, providing high-quality psychological care and interventions. You'll benefit from professional development opportunities and support from experienced colleagues. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges, this is the perfect opportunity to advance your career in a rewarding environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in psychological assessment and treatment across various care settings.
• Registered Practitioner Psychologist with HCPC.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment for clients with psychosis.
• Support multi-disciplinary team with evidence-based interventions.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Evidence-based interventions

Trauma-informed care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Family Intervention

Clinical supervision

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology

Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist

Masters degree in forensic psychology (if applicable)

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working considered) Job ref 354-AE-21130

Site St Mary's House, Town Eastbourne, East Sussex Salary £46,148 - £60,504 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 30/04/2025 23:59

Come and join us

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

Job overview

East Sussex mental health services have recently been awarded an uplift in the funding of services for people with psychosis. As part of this we are thrilled to be able to offer a 7-8a preceptorship or senior 8A psychologist position to help support the psychological aspects of care across the rehab pathway for those experiencing Psychosis. This post will work across both our community and inpatient teams to provide psychological assessment, formulation and treatment and to support broader psychosocial approaches to recovery.

Main duties of the job

This exciting and rewarding opportunity is open to people seeking a preceptorship opportunity starting at band 7 to 8a or those looking for a new challenge at senior 8a level.

We are looking for a clinician who has an interest in working with clients experiencing psychosis and who can demonstrate a clear understanding of and commitment to providing evidenced-based, trauma informed, high-quality clinical approaches and interventions. The area covered by this post is East Sussex, working across the locality who are also peripatetic working within their roles. The post will be based across both Amberstone Hospital in Hailsham and our community rehab team in Hastings.

Working for our organisation

Our trust has an excellent reputation for offering a wide range of CPD, and the post holder will have the opportunity to develop special interests and expertise in line with service objectives. You will receive clinical & professional supervision from an experienced Principal Clinical Psychologist & will have the opportunity to make links with other Practitioner Psychologists and Psychological Practitioners across East Sussex & the wider Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are seeking an enthusiastic person who has experience of & interest in working with people who have severe and enduring mental health problems within a recovery oriented & trauma informed approach. You would be a key member of the multi- disciplinary team providing assessment, case management and evidence-based interventions for psychosis including CBT for psychosis; Family Intervention & Trauma therapy. You will also support the team with formulation and reflective practice.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained before 1996 or outside the UK*] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• For forensic psychologists working in forensic settings: Masters degree (with the award of the British Psychological Society qualification in forensic psychology or equivalent).
• Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)

Knowledge/Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
• Demonstrate specialist experience gained postqualification of working as an applied psychologist with evidence of having received a substantial amount of clinical supervision (normally in the region of approximately 50 hours)
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
• Experience or demonstrable knowledge of working with the particular client group served by the team/service

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Dr Sarah Mansfield Job title Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07471 031493 Additional information

Liz Discombe

East Sussex Rehab Pathway Community and Amberstone ward Matron

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01323 440022 x 109043