Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist

Job summary

It's an exciting time to join us: KMPT has been rated Outstanding for Caring and Good overall in our most recent CQC inspection!

We are excited to be recruiting an 8b Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist to our Secondary Care Psychological Therapies Services for working age adults with severe and complex mental health difficulties in Swale. We would be particularly keen to hear from those with experience of working with adults with severe and enduring mental health problems and management experience.

You will join a dynamic team of 6 qualified clinicians - clinical psychology, psychoanalytic and CBT psychotherapies - and an assistant psychologist. We have good liaison with the local doctoral training course in Clinical Psychology with Chris Church University and have a few first and third year trainees placements available annually.

Main duties of the job

You will operationally manage the service and have your own caseload of assessment, individual and group interventions. Experience of management, operational responsibilities, Mentalisation based psychotherapy, Structured Clinical Management and EMDR are welcome in addition to core training competencies. Formal training will be available for those interested. In addition to expected delivery of a leadership role, you will be expected to develop the Pathway of Care within the wider team, deliver teaching and supervision. You will also manage the team, and will have access to plenty of training and support available for you.

As the service works closely with the CMHT there is ample opportunity to learn about organisational dynamics and delivery of care. As a senior team member you will be part of the Psychological Therapies leadership team, representing our service in meetings, discussing appropriateness of referrals with the wider community team and influencing service delivery. The expectation is that you will support a culture of weekly peer supervision, business/clinical governance meetings, and establish and encourage a culture of inclusive CPD.

About us

You will join a dynamic team of 3.5 qualified clinicians - clinical psychology, psychoanalytic, CBT and Art psychotherapies delivering individual and group interventions and working closely with the CMHT. We have good liaison with the local doctoral training course in Clinical Psychology with Chris Church University and have a few first and third year trainees placements available annually.

The successful candidate will hold a doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology, or equivalent for psychotherapists, experience in management and operational duties, and in secondary care and have membership with relevant organisation such as HCPC, BPC or UKCP.

This post is subject to a six month probationary period for candidates external to the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.

Employment in this post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

For further details / informal visits contact:

For further information or an informal conversation about the posts, please contact:

Dr Paula Maggi, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and services' lead for North Kent on 01622 766900. paula.maggi@nhs.net

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Bell Road

Sittingbourne

ME10 4DT

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Bell Road

Sittingbourne

ME10 4DT

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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