Practitioner Psychologist

Are you passionate about changing the lives of service users?

Are you looking to work with a supportive and skilled MDT?

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative, motivated, creative and enthusiastic Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist, to join our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment team based in Crawley. The post holder will have the opportunity to work with people with a wide range of complex mental health problems, their families and carers.

The post holder will be a key member of the Crisis team and must have a strong commitment to multi-disciplinary working.

The post holder ‘s primary role is to provide psychological assessment, formulation and evidence based therapeutic interventions for a individuals and families. Alongside this consultation, training, and support to other professionals though formal and informal interventions such as facilitation of reflective practice and case discussion. These practices are well attended and widely supported across the service. Experience in working with people with severe and complex mental health difficulties across the age span is required.

As Practitioner Psychologist, you will;

• Apply skills and expertise in psychological assessments
• Collaboratively develop formulations and care plans,
• Facilitate group and individual psychological interventions
• Provide case consultations and reflective practice sessions for staff
• Provide teaching, training and supervision, to assistant and trainee psychologists.

If you feel that you may require additional support to work within the inpatient or urgent care context, we can offer you an enhanced support package for you to reach your potential and develop your skills in these areas. We also offer supervision and reflective groups alongside other opportunities for CPD and professional development.

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has teaching status and is developing into one of the country’s leading teaching mental health trusts.

Psychological Therapies are highly valued in SPFT and Psychological Therapists occupy a range of senior positions across the Trust. Close attention is paid to equality and diversity across the trust and especially within psychological therapies, with new leadership programmes available and mentoring opportunities for PPT staff from underrepresented groups.

We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide lease speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Living and Working in West Sussex:

• Enjoy the city life and visit Brighton, or even travel to London in under 90 minutes
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We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We are happy to talk to prospective candidates about the service and about their ideas for the role. We would therefore strongly encourage you to make contact for an informal discussion. You can speak with me, Pallavi Bala Principal Psychologist, on 07471217099,pallavi.bala@spft.nhs.ukor Kimann Jones, 01293590400, Service Manager.