Job summary
- Main area
- Community Mental Health- Early Intervention in Psychosis
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 380-WK069-G
- Employer
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Avalon House
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CBT Psychotherapist/ Psychologist
Band 7
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
Are you a qualified CBT Psychotherapist or Psychologist looking for your next challenge?
Do you want to work for a supportive, friendly employer who supports work/life balance?
You will be responsible for offering high quality CBT and family interventions across the KMPT EIP teams. Case consultation and joint working with staff in the multi-disciplinary team will also be an expectation.
You will have plenty of scope and support to develop your own practice, whilst providing a highly professional service to people with psychosis and to their families.
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Main duties of the job
To participate in the provision of psychological services to people aged 14+ years with a first/recent experience of psychosis and to their families within the localities served by Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. In particular:
- To be responsible for the systematic provision of Psychological therapies and interventions
- To undertake high quality direct and indirect specialist NICE compliant interventions
- To strengthen the MDT's therapeutic capacity & work effectively with teams.
Essential Qualifications and Experience
Candidates must hold a postgraduate Qualification in CBT/Psychology, hold BABCP/HCPC registration, and have experience of working with people with mental health problems.
The Service
The Early Intervention for Psychosis Service is a well-respected and well-established multi-disciplinary service with a reputation for excellence. The EIP psychological therapies staff are integrated within EIPS and committed to providing support, excellent supervision and to developing its staff.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Psychologist or CBT therapist to join the team as it continues to expand and offer innovative interventions.
KMPT | Our Services - Early Intervention for Psychosis (West Kent and Medway)
KMPT | Our Services - Early Intervention for Psychosis (East Kent)
Working for our organisation
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.
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.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Postgraduate Qualification in CBTp/ Psychology
- BABCP registration/HCPC
- additional training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in EIP/AMH/Severe MH problems
- Experience in CBT/CBTp
- Experience in MDT working
- Experience in groupwork/familywork
- Written communication skills
- Knowledge of recovery, social inclusion and EIP policies
- Audit, service evaluation & research experience
Desirable criteria
- Experiences in CHYPPS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Meena McGill
- Job title
- Lead for Psychological Practice
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07535654988
- Additional information
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