CBT Psychotherapist/ Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

The Early Intervention for Psychosis Service is a well-respected and well-established multi-disciplinary service with a reputation for excellence. The EIP psychological therapies staff are integrated within EIPS and committed to providing support, excellent supervision and to developing its staff.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Psychologist or CBT therapist to join the team as it continues to expand and offer innovative interventions.

Main duties of the job

You would be responsible for offering high quality CBT and family interventions across the East Kent EIP teams. Case consultation and joint working with staff in the multi-disciplinary team will also be an expectation. You will have plenty of scope and support to develop your own practice, whilst providing a highly professional service to people with psychosis and to their families.

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.

Date posted

20 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-CR0323

Job locations

Beacon

Manston Road

Ramsgate

CT12 6NT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Postgraduate Qualification in CBTp/ Psychology
BABCP registration/HCPC
additional training

Experience

Essential

Years of Experience
Experience in EIP/AMH/Severe MH problems
Experience in CBT/CBTp
Experience in MDT working
Experience in groupwork/familywork
Written communication
Knowledge of recovery, social inclusion and EIP policies
audit, service evaluation & research

Desirable

Experiences in CHYPPS

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Postgraduate Qualification in CBTp/ Psychology
BABCP registration/HCPC
additional training

Experience

Essential

Years of Experience
Experience in EIP/AMH/Severe MH problems
Experience in CBT/CBTp
Experience in MDT working
Experience in groupwork/familywork
Written communication
Knowledge of recovery, social inclusion and EIP policies
audit, service evaluation & research

Desirable

Experiences in CHYPPS

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.