Assistant Psychologist

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Maidstone is seeking two dedicated Assistant Psychologists to support patients transitioning from secure services. The roles require clinical and administrative support to the psychology team, involving assessment and group facilitation. Successful candidates should be enthusiastic and able to travel between various locations. This opportunity offers valuable experience in forensic mental health care.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and dedicated to supporting patients.
• Ability to travel between bases.
• Experience in mental health settings is valued.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical, research, and administrative support.
• Coordinate and conduct assessments under supervision.
• Administer and score assessments, compile reports.
• Facilitate structured therapy groups.
• Participate in audit, quality improvement, and research.

Skills

Clinical support

Research skills

Administrative support

Group facilitation

Community reintegration

Job description

Overview

It’s an exciting time to join us. The Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service is a specialist service for Kent, providing a safe, effective and timely pathway from medium/low secure care into the community, for people requiring ongoing specialist forensic mental health care.

We are recruiting two Band 4 Assistant Psychologists, one full-time post and one part-time post. These are challenging posts for two dedicated and enthusiastic Assistant Psychologists who are keen to support patients moving from secure services to be reintegrated into the community. These posts are subject to a six-month probationary period for candidates external to the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. To deliver an effective service, it is essential that you are able to travel between bases in a timely manner.

We take pride in our services, which are underpinned by our values:

Responsibilities

• To provide clinical, research and administrative support to the psychology staff in the FOLS team, under their direct guidance and supervision, in order to assist in providing and monitoring the service provision within the Service Line.
• Take an active role in coordinating and conducting initial assessments and formulations under the supervision of a qualified clinician. Contribute to the development of risk formulations and treatment planning.
• Administer and score assessment instruments and other forms of assessment and compile reports.
• Co-facilitate structured groups such as anger management, social skills and problem solving.
• Take part in audit, Qi and research.
• Supporting FOLS to provide tailored support to autistic clients.
• Provision of administrative support to the psychologist and psychotherapist, including literature searches for relevant articles and the collation of information for case conferences.
• The posts will be based in the FOLS team and are predominantly patient-facing.
• The post holders will work with highly emotive content and manage high levels of mental exertion for extended periods of time on a daily basis

About KMPT

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 strategy

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.

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How to apply / Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Philip Malone
Job title: Principal Psychotherapist
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01622 723114