Senior Practitioner Psychologist

NHS; Horsham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Horsham is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to deliver high-quality psychological services, supervise junior staff, and conduct assessments. The ideal candidate will have a doctoral-level qualification in applied psychology and experience in various care settings. This permanent role offers a salary between £55,690 and £62,682 per annum and a full-time working pattern.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology.
• Professionally registered with the Health Professions Council.
• Substantial clinical supervision experience post-qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions.
• Supervise assistant and trainee psychologists.
• Participate in systematic clinical governance.

Skills

Specialist psychological assessment

Clinical supervision

Lifespan developmental psychology

Research methodology

Cultural competence

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology

Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Job Summary

To work as a member of the clinical service/team, providing a high quality, specialist applied psychology service to clients, their families or carers. To support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation, leadership and training.

To participate in systematic clinical governance and to offer clinical supervision to assistant, trainee and more junior psychologists and other staff. To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Main Duties of the Job

To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the team.

To clinically and/or professionally supervise Band 7 psychologists, assistant psychologists and trainee psychologists and clinically supervise other staff as appropriate.

To carry out specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the service, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources to reach a psychological formulation.

To undertake risk assessment, formulation and management for individual clients with complex presentations and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment, formulation and management.

To be responsible for implementing a range of high-quality specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways.

To provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulations, diagnoses and treatment plans.

About Us

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex.

Working in Sussex: Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed.

Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London.

With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK, there is plenty of opportunity for adventure.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and operate a no smoking policy.

Details

Date posted: 07 November 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: 8a

Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 354-CS-21792-A

Job Locations

New Park House, North Street, Horsham, RH12 1RJ

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.
• Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.

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 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).

Employer Details

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Employer's Website

https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/