Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

NHS; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Maidstone is seeking a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join their team. The successful candidate will provide evidence-based therapy to veterans, contributing to their mental health recovery. This role involves working within a multidisciplinary team and delivering specialized trauma-focused care. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and a strong commitment to compassionate care.

Qualifications

• Experience working with complex mental health difficulties, ideally in veteran or trauma-informed services.
• Strong assessment and delivery of individual or group psychological therapies.
• Commitment to person-centered care for veterans.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychological assessments and interventions per NICE guidelines.
• Offer specialist trauma-focused therapy where qualified.
• Contribute to service development and clinical reviews.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Psychological assessments

Specialist trauma-focused therapy

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical supervision

Education

Recognised accredited post graduate level training in a psychological therapy

Professionally registered as specified in the appendix

Job description

Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

Join Op Courage, the NHS specialist service for veterans, as we expand our dynamic therapy team.

We are seeking a committed and compassionate clinical/counselling psychologist or psychological therapist to help us provide high-quality, evidence-based care to ex-armed forces personnel.

Our service provides timely access to trauma-informed, recovery-focused interventions tailored to the needs of those who have served.

You will work within a small, supportive team compromising psychologists, psychological therapists, psychiatrists, peer support workers, and clinical nurse specialists, delivering care across a range of presentations including PTSD, complex trauma, depression, anxiety and substance misuse.

This role will cover the Kent locality and be initially based at Heathside in Maidstone .

Main duties of the job

Deliver psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions in line with NICE guidelines.

Offer specialist trauma-focused therapy e.g., EMDR, TF-CBT where qualified.

Work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary setting, contributing to care planning and clinical reviews.

Provide clinical supervision to junior team members and trainees.

Contribute to service development and evaluation initiatives.

About us

We are Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, providing mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services to people living in southeast England. Our services are for children, young people, adults of working age and older people.You can help us do this by bringing your skills, experience and commitment to Sussex Partnership.

We are passionate about research and it's our aim to put it at the core of everything we do so we can continually improve our clinical care.

Our vision is to deliver great care and improve outcomes together.

Our Values underpin everything we do and the experience we want people to have when using our services, working within them and working alongside them, as a partner. Compassionate, Accountable and Optimistic.

Job responsibilities

HCPC-registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or an accredited Psychological Therapist (BABCP)

Experience working with complex mental health difficulties, ideally in veteran or trauma-informed services.

Strong assessment, formulation and delivery of individual and/or group psychological therapies

Commitment to compassion, person-centred care for veterans.

Experience of offering clinical supervision

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised accredited post graduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in the appendix
• Professionally registered as specified in the appendix

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Avalon House, The Heathside Centre, Wayside

Avalon House, The Heathside Centre, Wayside