Main area Mental Health and Dementia (Older People) Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Fixed term: 12 months (maternity cover - one year) Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Mon to Fri) Job ref 354-AN-20744
Site Swandean Old HQ Town Worthing Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/01/2025 23:59
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
Job overview
Practitioner Psychologist (Full time, band 8a or band 7) or CBT/Systemic therapist (band 7) in the Dementia and Older People's Mental Health Service (DOPMHs), Chichester, West Sussex
We are very excited to be able to offer this maternity cover 0.5wte Band 8a Psychology Practitioner or 0.6wte Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist/ CBT therapist/ Systemic therapist post working with people with dementia and older people with mental health problems in Worthing, Shoreham and Littlehampton. The post would be suitable for an HCPC registered Psychology Practitioner with post qualification experience or accredited CBT/Systemic therapist.
The post will be based in our DOPMH community team which provides assessment and intervention to people with dementia and their families presenting with more complexity and for people over 70 with other mental health issues. You will be part of highly-skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team based in Worthing.
Main duties of the job
You would be working alongside other Practitioner Psychologists, Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner and trainee Clinical Psychologists. The post-holder will ideally be familiar with working in an NHS setting. We would welcome applicants able to provide both direct and indirect psychological work, preferably with experience of team consultant/formulation and working in care home settings. Knowledge and skills in neuropsychology would be welcome but not essential.
The post holder will be expected to travel across the geographical area covered by the team. We are keen to discuss with applicants how we can use their interests and experience to develop the role.
Working for our organisation
The successful candidate will join a friendly, highly-skilled and enthusiastic community of psychologists in West Sussex SOAMHS services across our community and acute teams. In West Sussex Psychology services, we are very keen to offer development opportunities to our newly qualified staff. You will receive regular clinical supervision from an experienced clinical psychologist and DOPMH specialist as well as a commitment to your own continuing professional development.
Our Trust has an exciting range of CPD opportunities and the post-holder will be encouraged to develop special interests and expertise in line with service and team objectives. We have set up a newly qualified peer support group and the Trust is focused on developing staff wellbeing initiatives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and learning disability services in and across Sussex. The Trust has teaching status and is developing into one of the country’s leading teaching mental health trusts. Psychological therapies are highly valued in Sussex Partnership and Psychological therapists occupy a range of senior positions across the Trust, it is a great Trust to work in as a Psychologist. Working here offers continued training and development, variety, plus all the benefits of living in Sussex. Sussex is a beautiful county with good transport links, vibrant communities, rural areas, and tourist attractions, including the Coast and the South Downs.
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.
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
* High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
* High level of knowledge and skills in neuropsychology and evidence of further practice and/or training since qualification.
* Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name Tina Lee Job title Joint Psychology lead for West Sussex SOAMHS Email address tina.lee17@nhs.net Telephone number 07825 780 626 Additional information
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