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Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (Band 8a, 1.0wte) Specialist Older Adult Mental Health Service SOAMHS, Eastbourne.

 We are delighted to be advertising for an 8a Practitioner Psychologist who has experience of working with Older Adults. This post provides an exciting opportunity for someone with experience and established clinical skills to work within the Specialist Older Adult Mental Health Service (SOAMHS) based at the St. Marys House, Eastbourne. Our Service provides specialist care and interventions to older people who are struggling to live to their potential due to a mental health difficulty such as anxiety, depression, personality disorder or psychosis, as well as care for people with dementia, and because distress will often impact on the wider system, our support extends to families and carers.

Within this post you will have several responsibilities: clinical work with patients; assessing both therapeutically and neuropsychologically; formulating and guiding intervention allocation; offering evidence based psychological therapy for complex mental health conditions to the person, as well as providing support to families in the community. Equally important in this role is experience in multidisciplinary team working. You will be expected to support psychological practice within the wider team through consultation, formulation, supervision, teaching and training. You will provide advice and consultation to the multi-disciplinary team and other mental health and physical health professionals. The post holder will be expected to have supervisory experience. Your role will include the supervision of clinical psychology trainees, assistant psychologist's and psychology graduate volunteers, on placement within the team.

Contribution to service development and improvement would also be required for candidates at 8a level. The future of our older adult services is changing in line with the national Transformation model. You will have an opportunity to contribute to and support developments to improve access to psychological therapies for older people with severe mental health problems. There are opportunities to utilise research skills for audit and research within the area and to be involved in staff wellbeing initiatives. We are looking for someone who has the ability to work autonomously within the context of a busy multi-disciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

You will be based within a friendly multidisciplinary team consisting of community mental health nurses, psychiatrists and occupational therapists. The team has strong links with the Salomon's, University of Canterbury, Doctoral Training in Clinical Psychology and regularly hosts Salomon's Clinical Psychology Trainees. You will have a close relationship with the Adult Psychology team within the local secondary care community Assessment and Treatment Service, who will provide a cohesive and supportive network. There is a valued programme of CPD, peer supervision and reflective practice for psychology staff.  You will receive high standards of clinical and professional supervision from the East Sussex Professional Lead  for Older Adult Psychology, who is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist, as well as peer-group and modality-specific supervision where appropriate. Current supervision groups include neuropsychology, CBT and family therapy.  The Trust supports career development and we anticipate exciting training opportunities in the future through HEE funding.

For informal enquiries please contact Dr. Jane Vinnicombe, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist on 07738756962    [email protected]                                                                                          

 Closing date for applications: 2 weeks from date of advert

Interview date: T.B.C.