Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 33.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AB-20996
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mill View Hospital
- Town
- Hove
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Practitioner Psychologist / Psychological Therapist (CBT or CAT)
NHS AfC: Band 7
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
We're looking for a Practitioner Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to join our friendly, highly-skilled and enthusiastic community of psychological professions in the Brighton & Hove Neighbourhood Mental Health Team.
This is a permanent Band 7 post (WTE 0.9) where you will be working with people with complex mental health problems, their families and carers.
We are keen to support your professional development and will support you to undertake additional specialist training relevant to the post, plus the regular CPD opportunities for psychological professionals available in the Trust. There will also be the opportunity for you to have protected time to gain experience in other parts of Brighton community mental health services if this would be of interest.
We would like to support you to develop a specialism within your role to build your expertise in an area of interest, such as within trauma, psychosis or complex emotional needs. Please talk with us if you have an area of work that you're passionate about and would like to develop.
Main duties of the job
To work as a member of the clinical service/ team, providing a high quality, specialist applied psychology service to clients, their families or carers. In addition, to support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training and by participating in systematic clinical governance. The practitioner psychologist / psychological therapist will contribute to the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that psychological aspects of patient care and risk management are considered and integrated into treatment plans. To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex.
Living & Working in Brighton:
Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions
Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep
Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park.
We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Key staff survey results include:
70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description documents (Practitioner Psychologist and Psychological Therapist) for full details on the role and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
- Experience working with diverse client groups across the lifespan, managing a range of clinical severity, while maintaining professionalism in the face of emotional distress, verbal abuse, and potential physical threats
- Experience of applying psychology in different cultural contexts and working within a multicultural framework
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr. Emily Gray
- Job title
- Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07391 408850
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