Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

The post holder will be involved in running psychological groups and brief individual interventions for patients. All clinical duties relating to psychological assessment and intervention are delivered under the FULLclinical oversight and supervision of a qualified psychologist, with the qualified psychologist assuming clinical responsibility for the assistant's case load and to work as an integral part of the mental health in-patient ward team.

Main duties of the job

• To work closely as part of the MDT, part of ward rounds, safety huddles, ward routines, based predominantly on the wards to be able to actively support and work with patients both though structural engagements such as psychology groups, initial interventions and short-term, brief 1:1 therapy sessions to aid discharge and to link patients into resources in the community.
• To also support with the ward environment and help to develop a therapeutic environment and trauma informed practices.
• To implement plans of specialist psychological treatment or management of client's mental health problems formulated by a qualified psychologist.
• To undertake a range of skills-based or protocol-driven psychological therapeutic interventions, in the light of an ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the intervention under the clinical supervisionand guidance of a qualified psychologist.
• To provide psychological guidance and support to carers and families of service users under clinical supervision of a qualified psychologist

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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

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.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Priority House

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

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

Priority House

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Employer's website

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

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