Multi Professional Approved and Responsible Clinician (MPARC)

Are you an ambitious and experienced Consultant Psychologist ready to take the next step in your career in an environment where you will be supported to grow & develop? A unique & exciting opportunity has arisen as part of our transformation of urgent and acute care. This new post is for a Multi Professional Approved Clinician within our mental health services in East Sussex.

Opportunity open to either

Consultant Practitioner Psychologists who have achieved Approved Clinician status. Applicants will be already approved by the appropriate authority to act as an Approved Clinician in England for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended 2007). You will be appointed at an 8D.

Or Consultant Practitioner Psychologists who can commit to training to become an Approved Clinician. MPACs in dedicated training roles will receive full support to undertake the 18 month training & completion of the portfolio in readiness for submission to the local approvals panel. The MPAC in training roles are banded at 8b(practitioners already working at 8C will maintain their 8C grade & terms and conditions for the duration of their training). On completion of the programme & following successful approval the MPAC in training will progress to a band 8D Multi-Professional Approved and Responsible Clinician post.

The post holder will work into the inpatient & urgent care pathway in Hastings., Lead in a specialist field of clinical and professional practice: namely as a Consultant Psychologist / Responsible Clinician.To be responsible, in collaboration with operational management and multi-professional colleagues, for the development and implementation of this specialist field of practice/training/research, within locality and across the Trust. To carry out responsibilities as job planned within the service as a consultant practitioner psychologist and approved / responsible clinician.

Working here offers continued training and development, flexible working opportunities, free parking and the benefit of living and working in East Sussex. East Sussex is a beautiful county with great schools, good transport links, vibrant communities, rural areas, and tourist attractions, including the Coast and the South Downs