Senior Practitioner Psychologist - 8a (or band 7 - 8 preceptorship)

Our refreshed CAMHS inpatient service is built around:

• Purposeful admissions with early review points.
• Structured, therapeutic care programmes delivered across seven days
• Strong links with crisis and community services, including COAST (Crisis Outreach Acute Support Team).
• Trauma-informed and autism-aware practice.
• A focus on least restrictive practice and improving experience and outcomes.
• Supportive MDT working, safe staffing and strong clinical leadership.
You will work as part of a skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team, delivering therapeutic care to young people and working closely with families and carers from admission through to discharge. The role: As a Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist, you will deliver high-quality, evidence-based psychological care for children and young people (aged 12-17 years) experiencing acute mental health difficulties, within an inpatient setting. In this role, you will have access to CAMHS specific training, structured clinical supervision, support from other psychological professionals across acute CAMHS and progression opportunities. In this role, you would hold responsibility for assistant psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists and psychological practitioners. The role will be accountable to the Operational Team Manager and the Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust delivers specialist mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services across Sussex. This post sits within our Specialist CAMHS Services, providing opportunities to gain experience across acute, crisis and community pathways as part of your career development.


• The opportunity to be part of a newly reopened CAMHS inpatient unit
• Comprehensive induction programme prior to opening where all new staff train together and contribute to the team's therapeutic approach
• A welcoming and supportive team culture with strong multi-disciplinary clinical leadership
• High-quality clinical supervision
• Access to CAMHS-specific training and ongoing CPD
• Professional development
• NHS Pension Scheme and Agenda for Change benefits