Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Principal Practitioner Psychologist/Principal Psychological Therapist
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The Complex Trauma (and Dissociative Disorders) Service
The Complex Trauma (and Dissociative Disorders) Service is a small specialist team offering support to service users who have experienced complex trauma and present with severe traumatic reactions including dissociative disorders.
The service offers consultation, training, and advice to staff and teams across the whole Trust; including specialist services and acute.
Role Description
You will work in a small team with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and another Principal Psychological Practitioner / Psychological Therapist to support others in their work with complex service users across Sussex. You will hold a small clinical caseload of people who have experienced severe trauma including those with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
The team is Trust wide and so there will be a need to travel across sites to meet with service users. This role is anticipated to require face to face appointments in bases in East Sussex, including Eastbourne / Uckfield or Hastings to be further confirmed. The role will also provide additional face to face input into other parts of the Trust, depending on where referrals come from. The team official base is in Horsham at New Park House however depending on the applicant there may be some flexibility regarding bases or work from home for admin.
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Key Responsibilities
- Offer advice and consultation to staff and teams across Sussex Partnership Trust.
- Be guided by the clinical guidelines available for this population in order to offer the best advice and clinical care possible.
- Have experience and an interest in developing knowledge in the area of dissociative disorders and DID, including knowledge of assessments and relevant treatment approaches.
- Train other staff to work with severe trauma reactions and dissociative disorders. As well as developing new and bespoke training packages.
- Work with service users over long-term treatment empowering them to recover and work towards goals. Hold clinically important boundaries whilst being flexible enough to gain trust and using a relational approach along with evidence-based techniques.
- Provide supervision to others.
- Have EMDR Consultant Status or be working towards this.
- Have training in other specialist trauma therapies and experience of work with a range of complex trauma populations and comorbidity with challenging presentations.
- Provide clinical leadership across developing pathways and systems.
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Staff Wellbeing and Development
Staff wellbeing is of central importance in the trust as a whole and in the team. There is an emphasis on encouraging and supporting our staff to develop, whilst working in psychologically safe environments.
Research and Development
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust promotes high quality clinical research, and our links with the research and development department are valued and strong. The Trust is committed to Trauma Informed Care; We value Lived Experience and Co-production.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Gemma Eke
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address: Gemma.eke1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07738 757529
Emily Gray - Professional Lead Psychological Professions
- Email: Emily.Gray19@nhs.net
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