Practitioner Psychologist

at  Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time substantive Psychologist to join our supportive and dedicated team at Chalkhill.
Chalkhill is an adolescent inpatient service for young people aged 13 to 18 years old, providing a service for young people presenting with a wide range of difficulties requiring assessment and/or intervention. You would be joining a dynamic and enthusiastic psychological therapies team in providing effective assessment and evidence-based individual and group interventions to young people and their families or carers. You would be supported to work closely with the multidisciplinary team and would be able to take on an active role in the design and implementation of innovations in care.
The Trust is supportive of ongoing professional development and you would be supported to access regular CPD. This post would suit a motivated psychologist who is dedicated to delivering high-quality care to young people and their families. We are very passionate about growing and developing our clinical psychologists in Tier 4 CAMHS and we therefore welcome applications from Trainee Clinical Psychologists
We welcome enquiries about the post and would be happy to support applicants to have an informal visit to the service. Please contact the Lead Psychologist on 01444 472670 to find out more.
As a practitioner psychologist at Chalkhill, you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate psychological interventions delivered in the service as part of the psychological therapies team.
Opportunities would be available to develop your supervision and leadership skills in order to support your ongoing career development. Regular clinical supervision would be provided, and you would be supported to continue developing and expanding upon your clinical and professional skills
The position is full-time (37.5 hours per week). 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 options.
We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. As one of the largest providers of children and young people’s mental health services, our Division provides care across Sussex.
Our offer is for a career not just a job, in a team and a Trust committed to delivering the best care possible to the community whilst being committed to the wellbeing of its staff. Our staff are our greatest asset.

Please refer the Job description for details