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Job overview

Do you want to experience living and working in the bustling seaside city of Brighton & Hove?

Are you a Psychology graduate with a passion for working in the NHS and Mental Health?

Would you like to get experience of working in a specialist mental health service? 

West Brighton Assessment & Treatment Service is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join our multi-disciplinary community mental health team, supervised by our psychologists. This is a permanent post for 5 days per week (Mon-Fri).

You will be part of a strong multi-disciplinary specialist community mental health team and will receive clinical supervision from HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologists.  Not only will you gain substantial clinical experience, you will be joining us at a time of significant change during our transformation of mental health services.  One of our key strategic aims is to increase access to evidence-based psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions for people with severe mental health problems. 

Main duties of the job

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

-        Providing support, co-ordination and administration to the multi-disciplinary assessment clinics, including sitting in on front-line clinical assessments;

-        Gaining first-hand experience of risk assessments & undertaking collaborative care planning to engage people who are unwell and distressed due to their mental health;

-        Working alongside qualified mental health practitioners as part of the psychosis, personality disorder or mood & trauma pathways to deliver interventions within our Assessment & Treatment Service (ATS);

-        Helping us to develop structures to collect our routine clinical outcomes measures; contributing to waiting list initiatives, and developing skills in the application of Quality Improvement (QI) methods and audit

You will possess excellent IT skills, be proficient in the use of Excel and PowerPoint, have good audit and evaluation skills and a good knowledge of routine outcome measures and service user feedback tools.

We are committed to supporting you on your journey to becoming a practitioner psychologist and to learn about other roles and training opportunities in mental health. Supervision and wider professional support will be available to you, as well as further training and development opportunities on offer within the Trust.

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Living & Working in Brighton & Hove:

• Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions
• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep
• Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park

We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

• 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
• 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
• 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Sussex Partnership is a fantastic Trust to work for and psychology is highly valued. Our teams are welcoming and enthusiastic about providing the best possible care for people who access our services.