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.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
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Job overview
This post is an exciting opportunity for a recently qualified Clinical Psychologist interested to build on and develop their skills in clinical neuropsychology and neurorehabilitation. The position would suit someone newly qualified, or someone who brings transferable skills from another newly qualified role.
The post is based in Gravesham Community Hospital together with another Senior Clinical Psychologist and close to the Community Neurorehabilitation Team. The post is primarily clinic-based but travel to patients at home and to Care Home settings is sometimes required.
The job is diverse and rewarding, focused on developing patient-centered neuropsychological interventions for people with stroke and acquired brain injury and their families or carers living in the Dartford & Gravesend area. The clinical work will include supporting people with their emotional adjustment to changes that have occurred and offering neuropsychological assessment. Within the Kent Neuropsychology Service, there is a strong rehabilitation focus and clinicians have interests in a range of therapeutic models including Systemic models, Mindfulness, ACT, and CBT.
Main duties of the job
* To be responsible for the systematic provision of Specialist Clinical Neuropsychology Services to stroke survivors and those with brain injury in the Dartford area working closely with the Community Neurorehabilitation team.
* To undertake high-quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory, and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions in these services making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
* To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service delivery by undertaking research and development activities relevant to the service area.
Please note, the successful applicant will become part of a friendly neuropsychology Service and would be supported in their transition into the role and supervised by another experienced Clinical Psychologist who will also be available outside of formal supervision times to offer additional guidance when needed.
Working for our organisation
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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
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.
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people.
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To undertake a range of psychological therapeutic interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual, family and group) adapted and tailored to the needs of the individual, the context and ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the intervention.
To be responsible for providing a specialist psychological perspective in the multi-disciplinary assessment of stroke survivors and those with brain injury and their families.
To contribute specialist psychological advice to the multi-disciplinary formulation of therapeutic/intervention plans, and to be involved in, or oversee specialist psychological aspects of their implementation in collaboration with other staff.
To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant individuals and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multi-disciplinary team.
When appropriate to consult with and provide specialist psychological guidance to carers and families of stroke survivors and those with brain injury.
To exercise autonomous professional judgement and responsibility for the psychological management of cases on own case load.
Please note: “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.”
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
* Doctorate In Clinical Psychology
* HCPC Registration
* Other relevant CPD or training in Neuropsychology
Skills and Clinical Experience
* Evidence of working with people with neurological conditions or other relevant field such as Physical Health during training placements
* Evidence of working with people with Stroke or acquired brain injury during training or before training
Your employer pays 20.6% 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.
Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave
Dependent on length of NHS service
Other paid/unpaid leave
This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave.
Non-paid leave for career breaks
Staff Support
KMPT offers a face to face counselling service for any issues not just work-related problems.
NHS discounts and shopping vouchers
Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.
Learning and Development opportunities
In addition to the mandatory subjects there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.
Induction
KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).
The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT’s subject specialists and include the required training.
The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.
New starter bonus
At the Trust we really value our nurses and the skills they bring. To recognise this we offer a New Hire Bonus of £1200 pro rata for band 5 and 6 nursing staff.
Staff Network Forums
A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.
Lease car scheme, Cycle to work scheme, the list goes on………!
Probation Period. New employees external to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.
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.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
KMPT are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter
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 can ALL 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.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Catherine M'cdonagh
Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address: Kamnascpt.neuropsych@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01634833937
Additional information: Informal visits to the Neuropsychology Service welcome.
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