Job summary
We are delighted to have been awarded funding to appoint to this new post for older adult mental health community team covering Hastings and Rother. This is a brand new role and will work alongside a recently appointed clinical psychologist. The newly established Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams for Hastings and Rother are supported by one specialist team for older people (SOAMHS). The geographical patch is wide, with very varied levels of socio-economic status and a mixture of urban and rural areas. Rother has one of the highest proportions of older people in Britain, with some 32% of people aged over 65. The job would be an ideal first post following psychology training or for a psychological therapist or psychologist looking for a new opportunity working with older people. We have an established and supportive network of psychological professionals working with older people in East Sussex, and this is part of an expansive wider network for all adult mental health.As such the successful candidate will benefit from expert support and supervision to develop their skills and career within the role.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work within the multi-disciplinary team and help in providing psychological opinion and formulations, and contribute to the development of psychological thinking, understanding and interventions/ approaches within the multi-disciplinary team. They willoffer consultation, assessments (including cognitive assessments) and focused, short-term individual and group interventions using evidence-based therapy models according the needs of the clients. There will be good opportunities to work with other psychologists, particularly your colleague in this team.
About us
The post holder will be a part of the wider East Sussex Psychological Professions group who work closely together and collaborate to promote and support the development and implementation of effective psychological services across our county. They will also be part of the Trust's Older Adult Psychological network, which provides specialist guidance and support on governance and best practice, including CPD days.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a leading teaching and research mental health trust. We were granted teaching status in 2008 in recognition of our research background and our links with the Brighton and Sussex Medical School and other academic institutions. Currently we are in the top 12 mental health trusts in terms of research participants. Applicants with an interest in research will be welcomed.
Working here offers continued training and development, variety and a rewarding challenge, plus the benefits of living in Sussex, by the sea, in the beautiful South Downs or in any one of the exciting towns and cities we have to offer.
If you would like to ask anything or have a chat about this opportunity, please do get in touch.
Details
Date posted
10 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
354-AE-21251
Job locations
St Annes Centre, Conquest Hosptial
729 The Ridge St Leonards-on-Sea
Hastings
TN37 7PT
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist psychology service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways.
To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.
To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.
To clinically supervise assistant psychologists and trainee psychologists.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist psychology service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways.
To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.
To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.
To clinically supervise assistant psychologists and trainee psychologists.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK], including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as approved by the HPC.
* Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
* Experience of specialist psychological working (assessment, formulation and treatment) with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
* High level of knowledge and skills in neuropsychology and evidence of further practice and/or training since qualification.
* Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HPC.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK], including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as approved by the HPC.
* Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
* Experience of specialist psychological working (assessment, formulation and treatment) with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
* High level of knowledge and skills in neuropsychology and evidence of further practice and/or training since qualification.
* Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HPC.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Annes Centre, Conquest Hosptial
729 The Ridge St Leonards-on-Sea
Hastings
TN37 7PT
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Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Annes Centre, Conquest Hosptial
729 The Ridge St Leonards-on-Sea
Hastings
TN37 7PT
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