Practitioner Psychologist or Psychological Therapist in Eastbourne inEastbourne PUBLISHED WED 16 APR 2025 Jump to job information section

We are delighted to have been awarded funding to appoint to this new post for our inpatient wards at the Dept of Psychiatry. This is part of the trust's ongoing commitment to ensuring our service users have access to the best therapeutic and evidence-based inpatient support. Psychological services are fundamental to this.

We have two adult wards here and the successful candidate will join a large and growing psychological professions team across East Sussex and within our inpatient and urgent care services. The service is currently at Eastbourne General Hospital but the units are moving to a brand-new purpose build hospital (Coombe Valley Hospital) within the next year.

There is considerable scope to be part of exciting developments under way in East Sussex mental health services. We are currently spearheading the establishment of a dedicated Multiple Admissions Patient Pathway (MAP) with consultant psychologist leadership based on the systemic principles of Open Dialogue.

This is post is most likely to be particularly attractive to recently qualified psychologists (or trainees soon to qualify) as well as accredited psychological therapists. As such the successful candidate will benefit from expert support and supervision to develop their skills and career.

They will work within a supportive multi-disciplinary team and help in providing psychological opinion and formulations, and contribute to the development of psychological thinking, understanding and interventions/ approaches within the multi-disciplinary team. They will also be in a position to offer consultation, assessments and focused, short-term individual and group interventions.

We are building a new hospital in Bexhill to replace our inpatient services at the Department of Psychiatry. This means that, if you are successful in your application, you will be asked to transfer to the new facilities when they open in 2025.

The post holder will be a part of the wider East Sussex Psychological Professions group who work closely together and collaborate to promote and support the development and implementation of effective psychological services across our county. They will also be part of the Trust’s Adult Acute Psychological network, which provides specialist guidance and support on governance and best practice, including specialty CPD days.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a leading teaching and research mental health trust. We were granted teaching status in 20in recognition of our research background and our links with the Brighton and Sussex Medical School and other academic institutions. Currently we are in the top 12 mental health trusts in terms of research participants. Applicants with an interest in research will be welcomed.

Working here offers continued training and development, variety and a rewarding challenge, plus the benefits of living in Sussex, by the sea, in the beautiful South Downs or in any one of the exciting towns and cities we have to offer.

If you would like to ask anything or have a chat about this opportunity, please do get in touch.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Patrick McGuinness Job title: Lead psychologist, East Sussex Email address: Telephone number: