Senior Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 29 October 2025
Job summary
The Kent Clinical Neuropsychology Service is one of the largest Neuropsychology Departments in the country. We provide neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation across Kent. We work with a variety of health and social services teams to support the needs of adults with acquired brain injury and those with long-term neurological conditions.
The post is based in the cosmopolitan and vibrant city of Canterbury, which boasts excellent high-speed (one hour) links to London. You will be based with community neuropsychology colleagues at Gregory House, St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury. A key aspect of this role will be to provide specialist neuropsychological assessment and cognitive rehabilitation.
The service has a strong rehabilitation ethos and members of the service have interests in a range of different therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Narrative therapy, mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and systemic approaches. The post will be mainly clinic based but will also involve home visits.
Main duties of the job
- Working with people with acquired brain injury or long term neurological conditions, and their families, living in East Kent.
- Seeing people referred to the Kent Clinical Neuropsychology Service in one of our clinics (Eureka, Ashford; Newington Road, Ramsgate; Gregory House, Canterbury) or at the person's home.
- Providing neuropsychological assessments
- Providing cognitive rehabilitation.
- Providing evidenced based psychological therapies to support adjustment to diagnosis and symptom management.
- Providing clinical supervision to junior members of staff, including trainee clinical psychologists.
- Undertaking clinical audits and research.
- Many of our department are actively involved in teaching and research. There are ample opportunities to teach allied health professionals and in the Salomons Clinical Psychology doctorate. Members of our service receive regular clinical, management and peer supervision and there is a commitment to ongoing training and professional development.
About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Details
Date posted
15 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
380-FR0601-A
Job locations
Gregory House, St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury
Littlebourne Road
Canterbury
CT1 1TD
Employer details
Employer name
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
Gregory House, St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury
Littlebourne Road
Canterbury
CT1 1TD
Employer's website
https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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