Senior Clinical Psychologist

Florin Chilian; Manchester; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An established health and social care trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to enhance their Community Rehabilitation service. This role requires expertise in managing complex psychosis cases and a commitment to providing high-quality mental health care. The ideal candidate will collaborate with a dynamic team, ensuring clients receive tailored interventions while also contributing to the professional development of peers. With a focus on innovation and excellence, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of individuals facing severe mental health challenges.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Annual leave up to 41 days

Flexible working arrangements

Learning and development opportunities

Staff discounts and shopping vouchers

Qualifications

• Experience in psychological interventions for complex psychosis cases.
• Supervision of practitioners and facilitation of reflective practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality assessments and bespoke interventions.
• Support MDT colleagues with risk management and training.

Skills

Psychological Interventions

Complex Psychosis Management

Clinical Supervision

Multi-Disciplinary Team Collaboration

Neuropsychological Testing

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

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Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

About

Established in April 2006, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is an integrated health and social care Trust specialising in the provision of mental health services throughout Kent. The Trust serves a population of approximately 1.8 million people across a mix of urban and rural areas and socio-economic groups.

We aim to provide effective, efficient and high quality care to all clients and the services provided include assessment of need, support, individual or group programmes of care, education and the promotion of mental health issues. These services are provided in a variety of locations including inpatient units, community homes, mental health centres, day treatment units and in clients' own homes. Our Care Programme Approach has encouraged clients to become fully involved in their own programme of care. This ensures that their views and wishes and those of their families and carers are reflected in their treatment of care.

Our Vision

The Trust aims to deliver quality through partnership. Creating a dynamic system of care, so people receive the right help, at the right time, in the right setting with the right outcome.

Our Values

Respect

We value people as individuals, we treat others as we would like to be treated.

Open

Work in a collaborative , transparent way.

Accountable

We are professional and responsible for our actions.

Working Together

We work together to make a difference for our service users.

Innovative

We find creative ways to run efficient, high quality services.

Excellence

We listen and learn to continually improve our knowledge and ways of working.

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Key details

Location

SiteBritton HouseAddressHigh StreetTownGillinghamPostcodeME71ALMajor / Minor RegionKent

Contract type & working pattern

ContractPermanentHoursFull time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary£53,755 - £60,504 per annumSalary periodYearlyGrade(Band 8a)

Specialty

Main areaRehabilitation Services

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.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and committed Senior Clinical Psychologist to join our well-established Rehabilitation Service. It is a fantastic time to join the senior leadership team as we launch an enhanced Community Rehabilitation service in North Kent.

You will have experience in interventions for complex psychosis, support MDT colleagues with risk management & with training in psychological interventions. So if you have a passion for providing exceptional psychosis services and are looking for an exciting and challenging role, we would welcome your talents and skills.

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The role demands experience in psychological interventions for complex psychosis cases, supervision of other practitioners, facilitating reflective practice and teaching staff psychological approaches in multi-disciplinary teams. Clinically, experience of delivering high-quality assessment and bespoke interventions, with a specific focus on people in distress, related to severe mental health problems (esp. psychosis with co-morbid conditions like ASD, substance misuse, physical health issues) will be required.

You will have plenty of scope and support to develop your own practice, whilst supporting the team in providing high-quality services and working with a variety of partners to deliver effective care.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

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 across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

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.

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.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Candidates must hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent as accredited by BPS/HCPC), and have NHS experience in treating and supervising practitioners in psychosis treatments.

Please see JD or contact us for more detail on this role.

KMPT Staff Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.

Please see http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Pensions.aspx for more details.

Annual leave for Agenda for Change

On appointment to NHS

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, thats 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.

Recommend a friend campaign

If you already work for us you could refer a friend from outside of the Trust to any of the roles below and you can receive £1000 if they are successfully recruited; Nursing staff - RMN RGN RNLD - Band 5 and 6, Medical Doctors, Clinical Psychologist and Allied Health Professionals,

Flexible working

Covers job share, term time working, flexible shifts etc. Just ask and we will try to help.

Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave

Dependant 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

The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPTs 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 be ourselves.ALL

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

• Respect
• Openness
• Accountability
• Working together
• Innovation
• Excellence
  
  

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.

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Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info 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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Doctorate : BPS, HCPC
• Specialist training
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Years of NHS Experience
• Relevant AMH/ psychosis/rehab experience
• Experience of providing reflective practice & teaching
• Experience of managing others/providing clinical supervision
• Experience of successful MDT working
• Range of psychological models & able to adapt to needs/setting
• Neuropsychological/psychometric testing
  
  

Documents

• Job Description & Person Spec (, 800.3)PDFKB
• NEW JOB, NEW CAR? (, 422.2)JPGKB
• NHS People Promise (, 267.8)PDFKB
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

NameElizabeth DavisonJob titleConsultant Clinical PsychologistEmail address [email protected]Telephone number07549453952Additional information

Justine Barry (Service Manager) - 07814713615

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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