Job summary
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 Brighton and Hove Community Rehabilitation Team (CRT) may be the role for you!
The Brighton and Hove 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 based at Mill View Hospital in Hove, but this role will involve working across both the Mill View and Brighton General Hospital sites.
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 Brighton, with its iconic seafront, vibrant lanes, and array of shops and attractions,
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep.
- Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park.
- Join a Trust rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC.
Job description
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.
Job description
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
Essential
- 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
Essential
- 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.
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Essential
- 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.
Desirable
- 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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
