Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist
8b
Main area Adult Mental Health in Secondary Care Grade 8b Contract 23 months (Fixed Term) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 380-NK133-E
Site Medway Psychological Therapies within MHT+, Britton House Town Gillingham Salary £62,215 - £72,293 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/02/2025 23:59
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
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Job overview
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 until November 3rd 2026. In the event of the post becoming permanent, the post will be advertised again as soon as the permanent postholder notifies us of not returning. You will be working closely with the Clinical Lead for North Kent. We would be particularly keen to hear from those with experience of working with adults with severe and enduring mental health problems, those with operational and managerial experience, and 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, psychodynamic and CBT, Art and Psychodrama psychotherapies. The team holds regular sessions on peer supervision and we have a monthly CPD space.
Main duties of the job
You will have operational lead responsibilities for the service, and manage those in the team. You will have your own caseload of assessment, individual and group interventions. Experience of Mentalization 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 delivery of psychological therapy you will have leadership roles supporting the Transformation, and collaborating for Psychological Therapies to deliver training and supervision to Mental Health Together and Mental Health Together + colleagues.
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 local 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Person specification
* Achieved Grades
* Years of Experience in Secondary Care
* Management Experience
* Leadership Experience/Qualities
* Competency in Service Development
* Operational Experience
* Skills for working under pressure
* Experience of Teaching
* Understanding management of service delivery/of information/audit
* Experience of Conflict Management
* Experience conducting group work
Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
After 5 years NHS service
29 days full time or pro rata if part time
After 10 years NHS service
33 days full time or pro rata if part time
Plus bank holidays, that’s up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
Medical staffs have national Terms and Conditions.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
KMPT takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.
KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we canALL be ourselves.
We take pride in our services – which are underpinned by our Trust values:
* Respect - We value people as individuals, we treat others as we would like to be treated.
* Openness - Work in a collaborative, transparent way.
* Accountability - We are professional and responsible for our actions.
* Working together - We work together to make a difference for our service users.
* Innovation - We find creative ways to run efficient, high quality services.
* Excellence - We listen and learn to continually improve our knowledge and ways of working.
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.
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