Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
About
We provide NHS care and treatment for people living in south east England. Our mental health services provide care and treatment for people with conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorder. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in.
Key details
Location
Site: Mill View Hospital
Address: Neville Ave
Town: Hove
Postcode: BN3 7HZ
Major / Minor Region: West Sussex
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)
Specialty
Main area: Mental Health
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
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.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
We invite applications from trained systemic family therapists with experience of working with adults who experience psychosis, trauma and complex emotional difficulties, to work in our new Female acute ward at Mill View Hospital, opening in Spring 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a service implementing a new clinical model - aiming to deliver therapeutically and trauma informed care in an acute setting.
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The post will offer systemic interventions and an open dialogue approach to support admissions and discharge from the service. You will also support the systemic reflection in the multidisciplinary team and support family inclusive practice across the Acute pathway.
Working for our organisation
We will support you in this role and provide regular clinical and professional supervision. We know the best way to provide outstanding care to our patients is through teamwork and sharing our ideas. We are also very fortunate to have a neuropsychologist working in our service who provides group supervision in neuropsychology which provides an excellent opportunity for developing your skills in this area. Brighton and Hove has an active psychology network and strong psychology leadership.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role will include direct work with families and the MDT. We are looking for someone with leadership skills to work alongside others to innovate and implement service improvements and evaluate the new role and clinical model. The post-holder will be familiar with working in an NHS setting.
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.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Recognised accredited post graduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in the relevant Appendix
* Professionally registered as specified in the appendix
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
* Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
* A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group served by the post, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
* Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context.
* A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
* Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context
* Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
* Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group
* A high level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the appendix, as applied to the client group using this service
* Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix
* Experience of conducting formal research, audit or service evaluation in a healthcare setting
Documents
* Job Description and Person Spec (, 504.3)PDFKB
* Privacy Notice (, 127.7)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Alex Kydd
Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
Email address: [email protected]
For informal discussions about the role and working at Mill View, please contact me:
[email protected]
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