Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term for 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday -Friday 9-5)
- Job ref
- 354-AC-21287
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chanctonbury Building Swandean Hospital
- Town
- Worthing
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist
NHS AFC: Band 4
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 tools like AI are becoming part of everyday life and you may choose to use them when preparing your application. We welcome this, as long as what you submit reflects your own experience, skills and voice. AI can be helpful for structuring or refining your answers, but it should not replace your own examples or create content that isn’t based on your real experience.
Our recruitment process is designed to get to know you, and we’ll explore your examples further at interview, so it’s important your application genuinely represents what you bring. You can read more about using AI in applications and interviews on our recruitment process page.
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
Are you an Assistant psychologist Would you like experience working with clients with psychosis supported by an experienced Multi disciplinary Team. If so, our fixed term role for 12 months working across the Worthing and Bognor Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) may be the role for you!
The Worthing and Bognor Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, a Psychologist, Psychiatrists, Support Workers, and a Pharmacy Technician. We operate creatively and flexibly, sharing responsibility for risk management to support service users with a primary diagnosis of psychosis. We run groups for service users and adopt a biopsychosocial approach.
The Worthing CRS is currently based at Swandean Hospital but this will be moving to the Worthing Integrated Care Centre in central Worthing. The Bognor Team is based at the Bedale centre.
Main duties of the job
- To work with individuals presenting complex needs, including severe & enduring mental health needs, substance misuse, forensic issues, and housing difficulties.
- To provide high-quality, safe, and effective rehabilitation for adults with psychosis and complex mental disorders.
- To collaborate with patients to deliver personalised rehabilitation in their local area, supporting meaningful recovery, improving quality of life, and enabling social inclusion and participation in the wider community.
Working for our organisation
Why Join Us:
- Be part of a team that maximises an individual's quality of life and social inclusion by encouraging their skills, promoting independence and autonomy, and providing hope for the future.
- Enjoy living and working in Worthing and Bognor beside the sea.
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep.
- Join a Trust rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC.
- Support with professional development within your role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities.
If you are ready to take on this rewarding role and make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply. Join us in our mission to provide exceptional mental health care and support to our community.
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.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment across outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
- Post-qualification experience as a practitioner psychologist with approximately 50 hours of clinical supervision.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, design and complex data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of applied psychology.
- Experience working with diverse client groups across the lifespan, addressing a wide range of clinical severities, and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in challenging situations.
- Skilled in teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of applying psychology in different cultural contexts and working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care.
- Experience or demonstrable knowledge of working with the particular client group served by the team/service.
- Knowledge of relevant national and local guidance, legislation, and mental health frameworks.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- High-level proficiency in at least two specialised psychological therapies and neuropsychology, with continued practice or training post-qualification.
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Desirable criteria
- Lived experience of mental health issues
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Tabraham
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist and AC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07707154273
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