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. KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all.
We are looking for a full-time enthusiastic and committed senior clinical/counselling psychologist or psychotherapist to perform at a band 8a, to join our well-established and dynamic service in adult mental health for people who live in Thanet in Kent. Working 37.5 hours a week.
The post holder will be based at the Beacon in Ramsgate within a Psychological Therapies service which includes psychological clinicians of several disciplines and trainees. The Thanet Specialist Psychological Therapies Service is situated within the Thanet Community Mental Health Together Plus team and we provide a comprehensive service to adults with complex and longstanding mental health conditions and emotional difficulties.
Main duties of the job
You will have the opportunity to be involved in providing assessment and treatment (individual and group), participating in multidisciplinary staff development and supervision and enhancing the provision of psychological therapies for adult mental health, service development and evaluation.
As part of your role, you will have a role in supervising established interventions within the Transformation pathways delivering interventions to MHT and MHT+. Training and supervision will be available. Management experience is also available for interested candidates with opportunities to develop leadership competencies and skills.
About us
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and about inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will join a supportive and diverse psychological therapies service. We have strong links with the South Thames Clinical Psychology Training Centre in Tunbridge Wells, attached to Christ Church University in Canterbury.
We welcome you to contact us for additional information or an informal telephone conversation or visit. Please contact Dr. Sonia Shah, Principal Psychotherapist and Operational Team Lead for Thanet MHT+ Specialist Psychological Therapies service at sonia.shah5@nhs.net
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will join a supportive and diverse psychological therapies service. We have strong links with the South Thames Clinical Psychology Training Centre in Tunbridge Wells, attached to Christ Church University in Canterbury.
We welcome you to contact us for additional information or an informal telephone conversation or visit. Please contact Dr. Sonia Shah, Principal Psychotherapist and Operational Team Lead for Thanet MHT+ Specialist Psychological Therapies service at sonia.shah5@nhs.net
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- Achieved Grades
- 2 years of Experience in Secondary Care
- Experience of group work
- Leadership Experience/Qualities
- Competency in Service Development
- Experience delivering interventions for SMI
- Supervision skills
Desirable
- Prequalification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Training in psychometric assessment
- Substantial personal therapy
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience of Teaching
- Management skills
- Team Player
- Experience conducting group work
Desirable
- Personable skills
- Audit/Research Skills
- Being able to work under pressure
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- Achieved Grades
- 2 years of Experience in Secondary Care
- Experience of group work
- Leadership Experience/Qualities
- Competency in Service Development
- Experience delivering interventions for SMI
- Supervision skills
Desirable
- Prequalification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Training in psychometric assessment
- Substantial personal therapy
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience of Teaching
- Management skills
- Team Player
- Experience conducting group work
Desirable
- Personable skills
- Audit/Research Skills
- Being able to work under pressure
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
