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. We operate as North Kent as a whole and have fortnightly senior leadership meetings with principal staff in Swale and DGS to standardize, share, and learn from practice to avoid a postcode lottery culture across the North.
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 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. You will be working closely with the service manager for MHT+ and the wider team in line with the CMH Framework and the Transformation in order 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 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.
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
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.
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.
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
* Experience of Teaching
* Understanding management of service delivery/of information/audit
* Experience of Conflict Management
* Experience conducting group work
Employer details
Employer name
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address
Medway Psychological Therapies within MHT+, Britton House
High St
Gillingham
ME7 1AL
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