Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-PC-20706
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Avalon House, The Heathside Centre, Wayside
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
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 Heathside in Maidstone .
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.
Working for our organisation
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 Values 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.
Detailed job description and main 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
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised accredited post graduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in the appendix
- Professionally registered as specified in the appendix
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Riley Baker
- Job title
- General Manager - Op Courage
- Email address
- [email protected]
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