Job summary
If you are soon to qualify or keen to grow your skills in working with adults with a range of presenting needs this is an ideal post for you. Located in the Chichester Assessment and Treatment service (ATS) this post involves working directly with service users, families, carers and the wider system providing assessments, interventions and support to MDT colleagues. Our service users experience severe and enduring MH difficulties (including psychosis, bipolar mood, complex emotional needs). We have expanded our complex emotional needs (CEN) and psychosis pathways with transformation monies, posts and training attached. Our new Neighbourhood Team model aligns with NHS England plans to bring us closer to our communities, working alongside third sector colleagues, focusing on equality and diversity in the provision of services. We are led by a strong and compassionate leadership team and work hard to retain our staff, supporting them to grow and develop within our services.
We are keen to recruit someone with an interest in psychosis and / or OCD (other interests also supported). Experience is helpful but not essential as we can support you to access training and supervision. We work with research colleagues such as Prof Kathy Greenwood and Prof Clara Strauss in bringing research clinics (eg. voices clinic, OCD clinic, SlowMo) into the real world of our ATS teams. We have strong links with the University of Surrey Family Interventions in psychosis training.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the delivery of evidence-based psychological assessments and interventions, You will work closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues to support with case formulation and risk assessment. There will be opportunities to supervise band 5 and 6 psychological practitioners including assistant psychologists, mental health wellbeing practitioners and trainee clinical or counselling psychologists.
Chichester ATS has a small community of psychological professionals led by an experienced 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist. There are regular opportunities to join with the wider group of PPs across Western Coastal West Sussex, sharing skills, training, supervision and where appropriate working together across teams. You will receive clinical supervision from an experienced practitioner psychologist with expertise in the interventions you are delivering and we have access to a range of additional supervision groups depending on your interests and needs.
SPFT places a strong emphasis on ongoing CPD with access to both internal and external trainings through our practice networks. We also understand the growing importance of leadership in the modern NHS and have set up bespoke leadership training programmes for Psychological practitioners across the pay bands in SPFT with a strong emphasis on compassionate leadership and wellbeing for staff.
About us
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex.
Living and Working in West Sussex:
Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages, seaside towns and historic cities.
Embrace the South Coast with a great range of historic and contemporary seaside towns
According to the Met Office West Sussex is the sunniest county in the UK, making exploring the vast countryside all the more enjoyable
We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
In order to be a successful Practitioner Psychologist in our team you will:
- Be a qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, registered with the HCPC
- Have experience/understanding of evidence based assessments and interventions for people with severe and enduring MH difficulties.
- Be comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role, where you will support us in developing our pathways
It would also be advantageous if you are:
- Experienced in providing supervision and teaching
- Have existing qualifications in CBTp or family interventions
We are committed to the promotion of excellent professional standards by embedding professional practice within the Trust clinical governance structures and we facilitate continuing professional development by a range of support structures including regular professional meetings. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust promotes high quality clinical research, and our links with the research and development department are valued and strong.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please do contact us (below) for an informal conversation about the posts or to arrange a visit. We would love to meet you and hear your ideas. Interviews will take place in person, in Chapel Street, Chichester.
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
In order to be a successful Practitioner Psychologist in our team you will:
- Be a qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, registered with the HCPC
- Have experience/understanding of evidence based assessments and interventions for people with severe and enduring MH difficulties.
- Be comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role, where you will support us in developing our pathways
It would also be advantageous if you are:
- Experienced in providing supervision and teaching
- Have existing qualifications in CBTp or family interventions
We are committed to the promotion of excellent professional standards by embedding professional practice within the Trust clinical governance structures and we facilitate continuing professional development by a range of support structures including regular professional meetings. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust promotes high quality clinical research, and our links with the research and development department are valued and strong.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please do contact us (below) for an informal conversation about the posts or to arrange a visit. We would love to meet you and hear your ideas. Interviews will take place in person, in Chapel Street, Chichester.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate 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 as approved by the HCPC
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological working (assessment, formulation and treatment) with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
- High level of knowledge and skills in neuropsychology and evidence of further practice and/or training since qualification.
- Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate 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 as approved by the HCPC
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological working (assessment, formulation and treatment) with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
- High level of knowledge and skills in neuropsychology and evidence of further practice and/or training since qualification.
- Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC
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).
