Senior Clinical Psychologist

Senior Clinical Psychologist Community Neuro Rehab Team Brighton and Hove

Are you passionate about neuropsychology and looking to make a real impact in people's lives?

Do you thrive in a multidisciplinary team environment?

We're inviting applications for a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join our friendly and supportive Community Neurorehabilitation Team in Brighton and Hove. We are a collaborative team that values psychological input and works together to deliver holistic person-centred care.

This is a rewarding opportunity to work with adults living with acquired brain injuries and other neurological conditions, supporting their rehabilitation and wellbeing in a community setting. You'll be a core member of a skilled multidisciplinary team, delivering specialist psychological care and shaping the future of neurorehabilitation services.

We are looking for a dynamic, creative and compassionate Clinical Psychologist who brings experience, motivation and a commitment to high quality care.

Travel is expected across the area with most sessions delivered via home visits. Some sessions may be delivered through telephone and video consultation, as clinically appropriate.

The role is for 34 hours per week.

What You'll Be Doing

• Working as a core member of the multidisciplinary neurological rehabilitation team
• Carrying a clinical caseload and delivering a high-quality specialist neuropsychology service to adults living with neurological conditions and to their carers.
• Providing expert consultation and advice to MDT colleagues and carers to enhance psychological care.
• Offering training, supervision, and support to the MDT and other professionals working with neurological conditions.
• Receiving regular supervision from a senior Clinical Psychologist specialising in neuropsychology.
• Potentially supervising Graduate, Assistant, and Trainee Clinical Psychologists, contributing to their development and the growth of the service.
• Working autonomously within professional guidelines, with a strong focus on clinical governance and evidence-based practice.
• Using research skills to contribute to audits and service development.
• Travelling across the Trust area using your own vehicle to deliver care in homes, clinics, and community settings and for meetings, training and supervision.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values — Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence —guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

1. To work as a core member of the multidisciplinary neurological rehabilitation team.

2. Carrying a clinical caseload and ensuring the provision of a high quality specialist neuropsychology service to adults living with a neurological condition and to their carers

3. Offering specialist advice and consultation to patients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to non-professional carers

4. Providing consultation, training, and support to the MDT and to other professionals working with people with neurological conditions.

5. To receive supervision from a Principal Clinical Psychologist specialising in Neuropsychology. Potentially offering supervision to Graduate Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and working together to develop the service.

6. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice.

7. To utilise research skills potentially for audit, policy and service development and research.

8. To propose and implement policy changes within the Community Neuro Rehab Team.

9. The post holder is expected to drive between visits using their own car and will be required to travel to other office/ hospital based locations across the Trust for meetings, training and supervision.