Senior Clinical Psychologist

Are you a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with a passion for providing exceptional care?

It is fantastic time to join the Liaison Psychiatry service as we are developing our services to CORE24!

The Service – Liaison Psychiatry

The Liaison psychiatry service aims to provide mental health advice and support to individuals receiving care and treatment at general hospitals in Kent and Medway. The general hospital staff can refer anyone over the age of 18 who attends A&E or is an inpatient on a medical or surgical ward. The liaison team can then offer advice, support or a full mental and psychological health assessment as appropriate. By ensuring that an individual’s physical and mental health are considered holistically, it is possible for the whole healthcare team to ensure the most effective care is delivered in a collaborative way.

We are looking for enthusiastic and committed Senior Clinical Psychologists to join our well established and dynamic Hospital Liaison Psychiatry service. These are key roles within the senior clinical team within the Liaison service.

We are actively recruiting for multiple roles across Kent, including Maidstone, Pembury, Thanet, Medway and Dartford. Please express your preferred location within Kent when submitting your application.

Flexible work patterns available. Part time applications will be considered

There will be an online information session about these roles on Wednesday 5^th February, 12pm – 12:30pm. Please join with the following link: Join the meeting

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for offering high quality assessment and brief interventions with a specific focus on people in distress, related to both mental and physical health conditions.

This is an exciting, varied role with opportunity for consultation, supervision of other practitioners, facilitation of reflective practice and teaching staff in the multi-disciplinary and hospital team.

You will have plenty of scope and support to develop your own practice, whilst supporting the team in balancing the challenges of providing flexible high-quality services, in a way that delivers quick effective access and meets the expectations of patients, carers and the public.

Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Essential Qualifications and Experience

You will have a doctorate-level or equivalent BPS approved qualification in Clinical/Counselling psychology, with experience in a range of clinical settings, able to support people in acute distress and will hold HCPC registration.

Why KMPT?

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.

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.

Benefits

• Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holidays.

• Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.

• Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street)

• Flexible working - job share, term time working, flexible shifts, just ask and we will try to help.

• A face-to-face counselling service for any issues not just work-related problems.

• Learning and Development opportunities - In addition to the mandatory subjects there are several leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.

• A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.

For an informal discussion please contact Dr Meena McGill, Lead for Psychological Practice 07535654988, meenamcgill@nhs.net.

**Closing date for Applications: Sunday 16^th February 2025 (midnight)**

To Apply

Please follow this link to apply online via our website: KMPT | KMPT Vacancies

Alternatively, please send a CV and Cover Letter to kmpt.recruitmentteam@nhs.net quoting the job title and job reference number.

Please refer to the job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.