Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Psychologist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AN-20897
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Forget Me Not Unit
- Town
- Worthing
- Salary
- £47,810 - £62,682 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Practitioner Psychologist - band 7 - 8 preceptorship available
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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
Senior Psychologist (8a or 7-8a Preceptorship) Forget Me Not Unit, Dementia Inpatient Wards, Swandean, Worthing
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified, HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist to join our inpatient services for people living with dementia in Worthing. The Unit opened in 2021 and was re-designed to be a dementia friendly environment, following advice and support from the University of Worcester. You can see more on this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOPhZgSVk9U
You will be working all 3 wards as part of the multi-disciplinary teams. The ward staff and leadership team are committed to developing a centre of excellence for the care of people living with dementia and the candidate would be encouraged to contribute to this. We also welcome applications from Psychologists due to qualify in 2025, who passionate about dementia care.
Main duties of the job
You will supervise 3 full time Assistant Psychologists who work in the Unit and be supported by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who has extensive experience of working within inpatient settings and is also a Licensed Dementia Care Mapping Trainer with the University of Bradford and a Communication and Interaction Trainer.
You will be enthusiastic and committed to working with people living with dementia and their families/friends/carers.
You will be responsible for providing psychological and neuropsychological interventions in a service where psychology is highly valued.
We would welcome applicants with well-developed skills in non-pharmacological approaches to supporting people who are living with dementia, especially individuals who experience distress associated with unmet needs. You will have knowledge and experience in working with clients in relation to risk and safeguarding concerns. Skills in teaching and training are also desirable.
Working for our organisation
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, forensic and learning disability services in and across Sussex. The Trust has teaching status and is developing into one of the country’s leading teaching mental health trusts.
At Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are at the forefront for Dementia research. We have recently engaged in a Sussex-wide project, in Communication and Interaction Training (CAIT) with Prof Ian James. Working here offers continued training and development, variety, plus all the benefits of living in Sussex.
If you would like to discuss the role we would welcome contact from you: Sally Stapleton, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, [email protected] (07824 434146) or Suesan Summers, Matron, (0300 304 0644) [email protected]
For further information regarding the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust please visit our website www.sussexpartnerhsip.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Sussex is a beautiful county with good transport links, vibrant communities, rural areas, and tourist attractions, including the Coast and the South Downs. You will join a friendly, highly-skilled and enthusiastic community of applied psychologists within West Sussex and a broader, highly experienced network of older people’s specialists across Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
You will receive regular clinical and professional supervision as well as a commitment to your own continuing professional development. Our Trust offers a wide range of CPD and the post-holder will have the opportunity to develop special interests and expertise in line with service and team objectives.
Please note that this is a full time post, working across three wards. We are therefore unable to offer opportunities for part time or remote working.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained before 1996 or outside the UK*] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- For forensic psychologists working in forensic settings: Masters degree (with the award of the British Psychological Society qualification in forensic psychology or equivalent)
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 postqualification 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.
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
- Sally Stapleton
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07824 434146
- Additional information
Suesan Summers (Matron, Forget Me Not)
0300 304 0644
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