Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist MHLD
Band 8a
Main area: Mental Health of Learning Disability
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Part-time working available)
Job ref: 380-FR0494-A
Site: Gillingham Town
Salary: £46,148 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/03/2025 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.
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.
Job overview
To participate in the provision of psychological services to adults with learning disabilities who have complex needs (in particular, mental health difficulties and/or challenging behaviour) and who live within the localities served by Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT).
Please note that the successful applicant can be based in Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Gillingham, Dartford, Ashford, Canterbury or Ramsgate, so do apply if any of these locations suit you.
We welcome applications from candidates who are newly qualified or in the final year of clinical training and these posts can be a band 7-8a preceptorship.
Main duties of the job
To work as a part of a multidisciplinary health team for people who have learning disabilities.
In particular:
* To be responsible for the provision of specialist Clinical Psychology services to adults with learning disabilities and complex needs (mental health and/or challenging behaviour) who are living in the community in Kent, as a member of the Mental Health of Learning Disability service.
* To undertake direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychology interventions in line with best practice; taking substantial professional responsibility and exercising autonomous judgment in their professional practice.
* To work closely with colleagues in MHLD and other services to ensure timely discharge back into the community for service users who are admitted to in-patient wards.
* To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking audit, research and other development activities relevant to the service.
* To be responsible for providing training placements for trainee clinical psychologists in this specialism.
Person specification
Training
* Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology/or working towards
* Good BSc in psychology, or equivalent
Experience
* Experience working with people with learning disabilities or other additional needs
* At least one year working as a clinical psychologist with people with learning disabilities
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!
Challenges of the role
Working in Learning Disability Services, with the needs of our clients being met through social care funding, leads to challenges; we often have to advocate for our clients to get their needs met within complex systems.
We do have close working relationships with other professionals and services, and have helpful and established processes to enable this as well.
Contact Information
Name: Anna Bodicoat
Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address: a.bodicoat@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01843 855268
Also contact:
Emma Rye
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Lead for Psychology
emma.rye@nhs.net
Tel: 01322 622041
Mobile: 07824 351426
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