A fantastic fixed-term opportunity has arisen for a psychologist experienced in working with older people, or wanting to gain experience, to provide maternity cover to our Specialist Older Adult Mental Health Service (SOAMHS) based at the St. Marys House, Eastbourne . Our Service provides specialist care and interventions to older people who are struggling to live to their potential due to a mental health difficulty such as anxiety, depression, personality disorder or psychosis, as well as care for people with dementia, and because distress will often impact on the wider system, our support extends to families and carers. We will also consider psychologists with appropriate experience for Band 7 roles and adapt the role to a Band 7 (Band 7 JD and PS also included). We can also consider flexible working, job shares and secondments.
Contribution to service development and improvement would also be required for candidates at 8a level. The future of our older adult services is changing in line with the national Transformation model. You will have an opportunity to contribute to and support developments to improve access to psychological therapies for older people with severe mental health problems. There are opportunities to utilise research skills for audit and research within the area and to be involved in staff wellbeing initiatives. We are looking for someone who has the ability to work autonomously within the context of a busy multi-disciplinary team.
Within this post you will have several responsibilities: clinical work with patients; assessing both therapeutically and neuropsychologically; formulating and guiding intervention allocation; offering evidence based psychological therapy for complex mental health conditions to the person, as well as providing support to families in the community. Equally important in this role is experience in multidisciplinary team working . You will be expected to support psychological practice within the wider team through consultation, formulation, supervision, teaching and training. You will provide advice and consultation to the multi-disciplinary team and other mental health and physical health professionals.
Sussex Partnership provides mental health, neurodevelopmental and learning disability services across Sussex. The Trust has teaching status and is developing into one of the country’s leading teaching mental health trusts. Psychological therapies are highly valued in Sussex Partnership and Psychological therapists occupy a range of senior positions across the Trust, it is a great Trust to work in as a Psychologist
We encourage and support flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
As a 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.
Your benefits:
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
- A position within a trust rated as ‘Outstanding’ for caring and ‘Good’ overall by the CQC
- Access to full psychological support via our internal wellbeing team
- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
As an 8a Senior Practitioner Psychologist, you will provide high-quality psychological assessments, interventions and consultation services for clients, families and staff, drawing on significant experience and possible post-registration training. You will develop specialist expertise tailored to the service's needs, which, alongside functional dissociative seizures may include mood and anxiety disorders, or complex emotional needs.
You will contribute to the delivery of evidence-based psychological care within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring the psychological needs of clients are met effectively and in accordance with the highest standards of practice. You will also have a key role in the supervision of more junior staff, such as assistant psychologists and trainees, while also contributing to service development and research.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for details.
Essential
Qualifications:
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:
Experience in highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment across a range of settings
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 or demonstrable knowledge of working with the particular client group served by the team/service.
We are happy to speak about the role, so for more information please contact Dr Jane Vinnicombe, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
[email protected] .
