Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Psychological Therapist- Digital therapies

The closing date is 12 November 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading NHS Talking Therapies service operating across East Sussex as the Senior Psychological Therapist -Digital Therapies

Health in Mind provides a community-based range of evidence based therapeutic and clinical interventions to support adults with mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression. We are a Talking Therapies for Anxiety & Depression (TTAD) service .We receive referrals from a number of routes including self-referrals and GPs. Please see our website for further information on https://www.healthinmind.org.uk/.

This is a 5 day a week post (37.5hrs a week). We will consider applications from those that wish to work flexibly and are open to discussions around remote and home working

Main duties of the job

The service lead for the Digital pathway, leading, implementing and embedding delivery of new clinical electronic patient record system within Health in Mind . As a valued member of the Senior Management Team your responsibilities will include:

To develop and maintain stakeholder relationships with third parties involved in the digital pathway and also with internal partners within SPFT (e.g.IT, HR) such as the Chief Clinical Safety Officer.

To ensure a timely and organised induction to the service to maintain a timely delivery of care

To be aware and incorporate into the digital pathway the service financial, performance and contractual requirements

To provide clinical leadership to CBT Therapists and PWP's within the Digital pathway and any other psychological therapists in the team delivering treatment

To contribute to and assist in the development and co-ordination of effective audit and reporting tools for clinical supervision, practice and activity within the TTAD framework and Health in Mind service.

To take clinical leadership over other service development projects as necessary and appropriate in agreement with the Clinical Lead

To support the delivery of highly specialist training and education and close partnership working with external educational providers

To provide highly specialist clinical practice within Health in Mind working with the most complex presentations seen in Health in Mind.

About us

Spanning the beautiful county of East Sussex, Health in Mind is split into 3 areas:

West: Peacehaven, Newhaven, Lewes and High Weald

Central: Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford

East: Hastings, Bexhill and Rural Rother

From the popular seaside destinations of Bexhill, Hastings and Eastbourne, to the culture-rich historic towns of Lewes and Battle, to the sweeping countryside locations within rural Rother and Wealden, East Sussex has so much to offer.

As a large mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do. We can offer you:

The opportunity to work in an expanding service, which has national recognition

Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team

Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development

Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)

A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC

Date posted

12 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-PC-20709

Job locations

Woodside

Hellingly

BN27 4ER

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further details on the main duties of the role and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further details on the main duties of the role and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

Doctoral level qualification in a. Clinical or Counselling Psychology, or equivalent or extensive experience of delivering psychological therapies to an equivalent level.
Post Graduate Training in CBT to diploma, masters or doctorate level
BABCP accredited or eligible for accreditation by BABCP within a one year period
Extensive experience of undertaking psychological therapy with patients with common mental health disorders
Experience of treating patients with a range of psychotherapy presentations
Experience of working in a range of mental health settings including Primary Care, outpatient, community
Application of CBT to complex mental health problems
Psychological theories that relate to human lifespan

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

Doctoral level qualification in a. Clinical or Counselling Psychology, or equivalent or extensive experience of delivering psychological therapies to an equivalent level.
Post Graduate Training in CBT to diploma, masters or doctorate level
BABCP accredited or eligible for accreditation by BABCP within a one year period
Extensive experience of undertaking psychological therapy with patients with common mental health disorders
Experience of treating patients with a range of psychotherapy presentations
Experience of working in a range of mental health settings including Primary Care, outpatient, community
Application of CBT to complex mental health problems
Psychological theories that relate to human lifespan

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).