Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

The closing date is 01 October 2025

Job summary

Join Op Courage, the NHS specialist service for veterans, as we expand our dynamic therapy team.

We are seeking a committed and compassionate clinical/counselling psychologist or psychological therapist to help us provide high-quality, evidence-based care to ex-armed forces personnel.

Our service provides timely access to trauma-informed, recovery-focused interventions tailored to the needs of those who have served.

You will work within a small, supportive team compromising psychologists, psychological therapists, psychiatrists, peer support workers, and clinical nurse specialists, delivering care across a range of presentations including PTSD, complex trauma, depression, anxiety and substance misuse.

This role will cover the Kent locality and be initially based at Heathside in Maidstone .

Main duties of the job

Deliver psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions in line with NICE guidelines.

Offer specialist trauma-focused therapy e.g., EMDR, TF-CBT where qualified.

Work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary setting, contributing to care planning and clinical reviews.

Provide clinical supervision to junior team members and trainees.

Contribute to service development and evaluation initiatives.

About us

We are Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, providing mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services to people living in southeast England. Our services are for children, young people, adults of working age and older people.You can help us do this by bringing your skills, experience and commitment to Sussex Partnership.

We are passionate about research and it's our aim to put it at the core of everything we do so we can continually improve our clinical care.

Our vision is to deliver great care and improve outcomes together.

Our Values underpin everything we do and the experience we want people to have when using our services, working within them and working alongside them, as a partner. Compassionate, Accountable and Optimistic.

Date posted

17 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-PC-20706

Job locations

Avalon House, The Heathside Centre, Wayside

143 Heath Rd, Coxheath

Maidstone

ME17 4PE

Job description

Job responsibilities

HCPC-registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or an accredited Psychological Therapist (BABCP)

Experience working with complex mental health difficulties, ideally in veteran or trauma-informed services.

Strong assessment, formulation and delivery of individual and/or group psychological therapies

Commitment to compassion, person-centred care for veterans.

Experience of offering clinical supervision

Job description

Job responsibilities

HCPC-registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or an accredited Psychological Therapist (BABCP)

Experience working with complex mental health difficulties, ideally in veteran or trauma-informed services.

Strong assessment, formulation and delivery of individual and/or group psychological therapies

Commitment to compassion, person-centred care for veterans.

Experience of offering clinical supervision

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised accredited post graduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in the appendix
Professionally registered as specified in the appendix

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised accredited post graduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in the appendix
Professionally registered as specified in the appendix

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).