Overview
Are you a Practitioner Psychologist with a passion for working with Older Adults? Whether you are experienced, newly qualified or about to qualify - we want to hear from you!
Applications are invited from Practitioner Psychologists to join our well established multi-disciplinary team in Specialist Older Adult Mental Health Services (SOAMHS). You'll be based in Hastings, working collaboratively with psychiatrists, MHWPs, mental health nurses, occupational therapists and therapy assistants.
Please talk with us if you have an area of work you\'re passionate about and keen to develop expertise in, such as dementia care, neuropsychology, developing skills in CAIT, family work, trauma or complex emotional and relational needs. We\'d be keen to hear and see what we can do to support your career development.
Newly qualified psychologists and those completing their training shortly are invited to apply. The role can be offered as a Band 7 preceptorship moving to 8a after successful completion of the preceptorship. (If there is an outstanding dissertation due to be submitted within 6 months delaying HCPC registration but all clinical placements and training are completed, this would be offered as a fixed term trainee role until HCPC registration.)
Responsibilities
SOAMHS is a multi-professional community team. Psychologists are valued members of the service, offering specialist assessment and interventions, including neuropsychology. You will be creative and flexible and able to inspire others in working with older people with complex mental health problems and comorbidities (including frailty and dementia), their families and carers.
Psychologists in SOAMHS are key members of our local leadership team and play a valuable role in team and service development. The service emphasises co-production and drawing on the expertise of people with lived experience.
You will have skills to support colleagues in developing and applying psychological thinking, contribute psychological perspectives to client care plans, develop psychological formulation and team consultation, and provide supervision and training to enhance psychologically based interventions within the wider team.
Requirements / Qualifications
The successful candidate will have:
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology (or its equivalent).
* Professional registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings and a full range of clinical severity.
* Specialist experience gained post-qualification of working as an applied psychologist.
Applicants are encouraged to contact us to discuss whether their experience meets the needs of the role. For further information about Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust please visit the careers site.
About us & Benefits
We encourage and support flexible working. A positive work/life balance supports the care we provide. We offer:
* Access to discount schemes
* Generous annual leave (27 days + 8 bank holidays)
* Excellent NHS Pension
* Free on-site parking
* A trust rated as \'Outstanding\' for caring and \'Good\' overall by the CQC
* Access to internal wellbeing support and supervision programmes
Living & working in Hastings offers easy travel between coast and countryside, with a mix of seaside towns, pubs, bars and shopping facilities.
Details
Date posted: 11 September 2025
Pay: Agenda for Change Band 8a, £55,690 to £62,682 per year pro rata
Contract: Permanent | Working pattern: Part-time
Location: St Anne\'s, The Ridge, Hastings, TN37 7PT
Job responsibilities
Ideally, the post-holder will have a specialist interest and experience of working with people in later life and people experiencing dementia, their families and carers. You may also have specialist skills in dementia care or neuropsychology or be interested in developing skills in these areas.
We have a neuropsychologist on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists and supervision can be provided to develop skills in this area. The broader psychological workforce has expertise in therapeutic modalities including CBT, CAT, MBCT, MBT, EMDR and systemic family therapy.
You will join a friendly, highly skilled multi-professional team and community of psychologists and psychological therapists within SOAMHS, with opportunities to connect with the wider psychological workforce in Hastings.
You will contribute to high-quality applied psychology services, including consultation, supervision, formulation and training, and participate in clinical governance and research activities within the service.
See full Job Description and Person Specification for details.
Notes
Disclosure and Barring Service checks apply. UK registration and sponsorship information are provided in the attached sections of the original posting.
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