Job summary
Senior Practitioner PsychologistThis exciting senior role includes a specialist focus on trauma and PTSD. Horsham Assessment and Treatment team will in the near future be one of the sites for Dr Nick Grey and Dr Deborah Lees Compassionate Resilience research clinic for service users with PTSD (or complex PTSD) and the postholder is likely to be an integral part of this exciting initiative which includes specialist training and supervision. The post will also involve leading on trauma informed care in North West Sussex adult community services and providing assessment and evidence-based interventions for clients across a range of mental health difficulties. There are opportunities for flexible working.
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Main duties of the job
You will join a friendly, highly-skilled and enthusiastic community of psychologists and psychological therapists in North West Sussex. Our psychological therapists offer specialist assessments and interventions, psychological formulation and team consultation. The successful candidate will have skills and interests in supporting colleagues to develop and use psychological thinking in their work and in contributing psychological perspectives to service users care plans. They will also have experience of supervising other psychologists or psychological therapists, either qualified or in training.
Staff wellbeing is of central importance in the trust as a whole and in the North West Sussex Service. Our most recent psychological therapies away day focussed on this, as did our last NWS leadership away day. There is an emphasis on encouraging and supporting our staff to develop, whilst working in psychologically safe environments.
About us
Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and children and young people in Hampshire .
Living and working in West Sussex :
Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns.
Embrace the south coast with a great range of historic adn contemporary seaside towns.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description document. Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the links in the right-hand column or contact:
Emma Bell- Consultant Clinical Psychologist: Emma.Bell2@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk / 07738758120
Vicky Harfield Service Manager: Vicky.Harfield@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk / 0300 304 0021
Catherine Padgett Principal Clinical Psychologist: Catherine.Padgett@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Emma Bell- Consultant Clinical Psychologist: Emma.Bell2@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk / 07738758120
(We are happy to arrange informal visits)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description document. Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the links in the right-hand column or contact:
Emma Bell- Consultant Clinical Psychologist: Emma.Bell2@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk / 07738758120
Vicky Harfield Service Manager: Vicky.Harfield@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk / 0300 304 0021
Catherine Padgett Principal Clinical Psychologist: Catherine.Padgett@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Emma Bell- Consultant Clinical Psychologist: Emma.Bell2@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk / 07738758120
(We are happy to arrange informal visits)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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, approved by the HPC.
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- 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 post-qualification 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
- 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. Psychosis, personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc)
- 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
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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, approved by the HPC.
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- 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 post-qualification 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
- 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. Psychosis, personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc)
- 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
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
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).
