Job summary
Join Op Courage, the NHS specialist service for veterans, as we expand our dynamic therapy team.

We are seeking a committed and compassionate clinical/counselling psychologist or psychological therapist to help us provide high-quality, evidence-based care to ex-armed forces personnel.

Our service provides timely access to trauma-informed, recovery-focused interventions tailored to the needs of those who have served.

You will work within a small, supportive team compromising psychologists, psychological therapists, psychiatrists, peer support workers, and clinical nurse specialists, delivering care across a range of presentations including PTSD, complex trauma, depression, anxiety and substance misuse.

This role will cover the Kent locality and be initially based at Canterbury Hospital

Main duties of the job
Deliver psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions in line with NICE guidelines.

Offer specialist trauma-focused therapy e.g., EMDR, TF-CBT where qualified.

Work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary setting, contributing to care planning and clinical reviews.

Provide clinical supervision to junior team members and trainees.

Contribute to service development and evaluation initiatives.

About us
We are Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, providing mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services to people living in southeast England. Our services are for children, young people, adults of working age and older people.You can help us do this by bringing your skills, experience and commitment to Sussex Partnership.

We are passionate about research and it's our aim to put it at the core of everything we do so we can continually improve our clinical care.

Our vision is to deliver great care and improve outcomes together.

Our Vaues underpin everything we do and the experience we want people to have when using our services, working within them and working alongside them, as a partner. Compassionate, Accountable and Optimistic.

Job responsibilities
HCPC-registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or an accredited Psychological Therapist (BABCP)

Experience working with complex mental health difficulties, ideally in veteran or trauma-informed services.

Strong assessment, formulation and delivery of individual and/or group psychological therapies

Commitment to compassion, person-centred care for veterans.

Experience of offering clinical supervision

Desirable
Trained in EMDR

Qualifications
Essential

• 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

• 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.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).