Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist

Job summary

We are pleased to advertise an exciting opportunity for a band 7 clinician wanting to develop specialist skills and experience in a supportive team environment.

We are currently looking for a band 7 clinician to join us in Medway Secondary Care Services and welcome applications from those with doctorates in Clinical or Counselling Psychology; Art or Dramatherapy training; or Psychotherapy training.

We are a busy and friendly team with a diverse range of psychotherapeutic modalities represented: psychoanalytic; psychodynamic; art therapy; drama therapy; CBT; EMDR; MBT and systemic family therapy.

Community mental health services are going through a period of substantial change and this position offers an exciting opportunity to be at the centre of these developments.

Our team base is conveniently located for travel; based at Britton House, a few minutes walk from Gillingham station, with several options for food and coffee nearby.

If you like the sound of:

• Working with an interesting and complex patient group
• Having the opportunity to innovate and develop ideas that you are passionate about
• Having good level of clinical autonomy - whilst being supported with high quality supervision
• Forming an important part of the wider community mental health team including taking a leadership role
• Providing interventions for staff as well as patients
• Providing mentorship and supervision for junior colleagues
• Taking part in lively peer clinical review meetings
• Opportunities for CPD

Main duties of the job

To participate in the provision of Psychological Services to adults with mental health difficulties within the community & recovery service line of Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

To be responsible for the systematic provision of a Specialist Psychology Services to clients with complex and longstanding mental health difficulties as referred from the secondary care mental health service within the Medway Psychological Therapies service.

To undertake high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychology interventions in these services making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.

To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to the service area.

To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team of the Medway Secondary Care Community Mental Health Team.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Britton House

High Street

Gillingham

ME17 1AL

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

Britton House

High Street

Gillingham

ME17 1AL

Employer's website

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

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