Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling)

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will join a cohesive and supportive team of highly skilled and passionate psychologists and psychological therapists focused on improving choice and outcomes for people with severe and enduring presentations. You will be a valued member of a friendly and experienced MDT that welcomes psychological thinking and collaborative working. We are looking for someone with a strong commitment to team working and service user involvement. As well as providing psychological assessments and treatments, there will be opportunities to inspire others by supporting professional colleagues to develop their psychological thinking; to contribute to staff training and development; and the supervision of Psychology Assistants and Clinical Trainees.

We welcome applications from those who are about to qualify This post would provide an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified Psychologist to develop and embed their skills. There will be opportunities to lead on pathway developments as part of transformation, as such, we would welcome applicants from anyone with a passion for psychosis, trauma, emotional intensity or a particular therapy approach such as CBTp, Family work, CAT or EMDR and can offer a post with protected time focused in a specific area. This is a development post and the post holder will be able to progress from Band 7 to 8a once they can demonstrate 8a competencies.

You will be well supported through specialist supervision and training, this is a great time for career development opportunities. Training and development is highly valued and actively encouraged. You will have the opportunity to grow your specialist interests and expertise in line with service objectives. We would support you to enhance your therapeutic competencies, supervision and leadership skills. We work to ensure that staff are supported by a psychologically safe work environment, with access to a range of staff support services and a culture of learning and reflective practice. We stay connected through a programme of weekly psychology professional meetings. This would be an excellent post to consolidate your training and progress in your career development.

In this post, you would be working primarily from the Eastbourne site, a car is not essential as Eastbourne has good transport links and is easily accessible by rail. There may be an occasion where travel to another Trust site is required. There may be the opportunity to consider a hybrid model of working with some days based working from home.

We encourage you to contact us for an informal discussion or visit; for further information please contact St Marys House on 01323 747224 to speak to:

Dr Gillian Irving-Quinn, Consultant Clinical Psychologist (mobile - 07807431968)

Dr Emma Justice , Principal Clinical Psychologist (01323 747224), emma.justice@spft.nhs.uk

Aleks Bogdanovic, Service Manager (01323 747224) Aleksandra.bogdanovic@spft.nhs.uk

For further information regarding the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust please visit our website www.sussexpartnerhsip.nhs.uk

Closing Date for Applications: one month from date of ad going live

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK], including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as approved by the HCPC
• Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological working (assessment, formulation and treatment) with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology
• High level of knowledge and skills in neuropsychology and evidence of further practice and/or training since qualification.
• Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.

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 the 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

Employer name

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Mary's House

Eastbourne

BN21 3UU

Employer's website

https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)