Senior Practitioner Psychologist

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Worthing; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Worthing seeks an experienced clinical psychologist to join the Community Rehabilitation Team. This role involves working with individuals with complex mental health needs, providing high-quality rehabilitation services. Candidates should have post-graduate training in applied psychology and experience in community care settings. Join us to make a meaningful impact in mental health care.

Benefits

Support with professional development

Opportunity to work by the sea

Joining a respected healthcare team

Qualifications

• Experience in outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
• Approximately 50 hours of clinical supervision post-qualification.
• High-level proficiency in at least two specialised psychological therapies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with patients to deliver personalised rehabilitation.
• Provide high-quality rehabilitation for adults with psychosis.
• Work with individuals presenting complex needs.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Clinical supervision

Specialised psychological therapies

Cultural competency

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology

Job description

Are you an experienced clinical psychologist? Would you thrive in a role where you work with a relatively small but complex caseload? If so, our role in the Worthing Community Rehabilitation Team (CRT) may be the role for you! We are looking for an Band 8a or would be willing to offer a Band 7 to 8a development role.

The Worthing Community Rehabilitation Team (CRT) is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, a Psychologist, Psychiatrists, Support Workers, and a Pharmacy Technician. We operate creatively and flexibly, sharing responsibility for risk management to support service users with a primary diagnosis of psychosis. We run groups for service users and adopt a biopsychosocial approach.

The CRT is currently based at Swandean Hospital but this will be moving to the Worthing Integrated Care Centre in central Worthing.

Main duties of the job

To work with individuals presenting complex needs, including severe & enduring mental health needs, substance misuse, forensic issues, and housing difficulties.

To provide high-quality, safe, and effective rehabilitation for adults with psychosis and complex mental disorders.

• To collaborate with patients to deliver personalised rehabilitation in their local area, supporting meaningful recovery, improving quality of life, and enabling social inclusion and participation in the wider community.

About us

Why Join Us:

• Be part of a team that maximises an individual’s quality of life and social inclusion by encouraging their skills, promoting independence and autonomy, and providing hope for the future.
• Enjoy living and working in Worthing beside the sea.
• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep.

• Join a Trust rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC.
• Support with professional development within your role.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities.

If you are ready to take on this rewarding role and make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply. Join us in our mission to provide exceptional mental health care and support to our community.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.

Knowledge/Experience

• Experience in highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment across outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
• Post-qualification experience as a practitioner psychologist with approximately 50 hours of clinical supervision.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, design and complex data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of applied psychology.
• Experience working with diverse client groups across the lifespan, addressing a wide range of clinical severities, and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in challenging situations.
• Skilled in teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of applying psychology in different cultural contexts and working within a multicultural framework.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care.
• Experience or demonstrable knowledge of working with the particular client group served by the team/service.
• Knowledge of relevant national and local guidance, legislation, and mental health frameworks.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
• High-level proficiency in at least two specialised psychological therapies and neuropsychology, with continued practice or training post-qualification.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
• Lived experience of mental health issues

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.