# Senior Assistant Psychologist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Linwood
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Psychologist
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- **Contract type:** 14 months (Fixed term until December 2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-30T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14T07:00:33.725Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Haywards_Heath/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8166660
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8166660?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Assistant Psychologist to join our Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (Community Team) based in Haywards Heath and East Grinstead. The post-holder will be expected to work across both sites. This is a full time fixed-term post, currently funded up until December 2027.

The post holder will hold an honours degree in Psychology that confers Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society and will have experience of working with people experiencing mental health difficulties. We are seeking someone with experience of delivering psychologically-informed interventions in both a group and individual format, within clinical settings. The post holder will support the delivery of psychologically informed care within the team, contributing to assessment, formulation, intervention, service evaluation and audit activities under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist.

The post offers an excellent opportunity to gain experience within an adult community mental health setting, working with people experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties including anxiety, depression, psychosis, complex emotional difficulties and trauma-related presentations.

Regular supervision from a Clinical Psychologist will be provided, alongside opportunities for professional development and participation in psychology team meetings and training.

### Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide outstanding care and treatment, co-ordinate care provided, support people with their recovery journey, offer time limited interventions including individual and group, monitor risks, and collaborate with carers and families. The post holder will support the collection and analysis of routine outcome measures, and contribute to audit and service evaluation.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be working with adults experiencing a range of mental health difficulties and will support the delivery of high-quality psychological care within a recovery-focused multidisciplinary team.

Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Please begin your supporting statement by copying out and then answering the following question (maximum 200 words): Working in mental health services can be emotionally demanding. What does compassionate resilience mean to you, and how would you maintain this while supporting people experiencing significant distress?

### Applicant requirements

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.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS

### Knowledge/Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working with people with complex needs
- Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or Mental Health setting and or work with people with complex needs
- Relevant clinical and research skills
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Basic knowledge of databases, research skills and methodology
- Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact
- Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a health context

## Documents

- [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254)
- [job description (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10468240)

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