Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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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. We are excited to be offering a secondment opportunity for an 8b Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist operational lead to our MHT+ Psychological Therapies Services for working age adults with severe and complex mental health difficulties in Medway. The post is a fixed-term secondment for 23 months and you will be working closely with the Clinical Lead for North Kent. We would be particularly keen to hear from those with experience working with adults with severe and enduring mental health problems, those with operational and managerial experience, or those in established 8a/8b posts and ready to develop these competencies and skills.

You will join a dynamic team of 6 qualified clinicians - clinical psychology, psychoanalytic and CBT, Art and Psychodrama psychotherapies. The post requires you to lead the team on peer supervision and a monthly CPD space. We have good liaison with the local doctoral training course in Clinical Psychology with Chris Church University and other psychotherapy educational organizations and have a rotation of first and third year trainees' placements available annually.

Main duties of the job

You will have operational lead responsibilities for the service, and manage those in the team. Your will have your own caseload of assessment, individual and group interventions. Experience of Mentalisation based psychotherapy, Structured Clinical Management and EMDR are welcome in addition to core training competencies. Formal HEE funded training will be available for those interested. In addition to expected delivery of psychological therapy you will have leadership roles developing the Pathway of Care with colleagues in the wider team, delivering training and supervision, and you will be working collaboratively with those in the wider team in line with the CMH Framework and the Transformation and working closely with the lead of the service to develop these agendas.

As the service works closely with the wider team there is ample opportunity to learn about organisational dynamics and delivery of care. As a senior team member you will be part of the Psychological Therapies leadership team, representing our service in meetings, discussing appropriateness of referrals with the wider community team and influencing service delivery. The service meets weekly for peer supervision and business/clinical governance, and has a CPD programme on a monthly basis to develop further.

About us

The successful candidate will hold a doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology, or equivalent for psychotherapists, experience in secondary care and management, and have membership with relevant organisation such as HCPC, BABCP, BPC or UKCP.

Employment in this post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

For further details / informal visits contact:

For further information or an informal conversation about the secondment post, please contact:

Dr Paula Maggi, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Lead for North Kent Psychological Therapies on 01322 508222 or email paula.maggi@nhs.net

Date posted

07 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

23 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-NK133-C

Job locations

Medway Psychological Therapies within MHT+, Britton House

High St

Gillingham

ME7 1AL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person spec attached with Operational management, clinical, management of staff, teaching, supervising responsibilities.

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.

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).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person spec attached with Operational management, clinical, management of staff, teaching, supervising responsibilities.

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).

Person Specification

Essential

Achieved Grades
Years of Experience in Secondary Care
Management Experience
Leadership Experience/Qualities
Competency in Service Development
Operational Experience
Supervision skills
Skills for working under pressure

Desirable

Essential

Experience of Teaching
Understanding management of service delivery/of information/audit
Experience of Conflict Management
Experience conducting group work

Person Specification

Essential

Achieved Grades
Years of Experience in Secondary Care
Management Experience
Leadership Experience/Qualities
Competency in Service Development
Operational Experience
Supervision skills
Skills for working under pressure

Desirable

Essential

Experience of Teaching
Understanding management of service delivery/of information/audit
Experience of Conflict Management
Experience conducting group work

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.