Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed assistant psychologist to perform at a band 4, and join our well established service in adult mental health for people who live in South West Kent and Maidstone (West).



The post holder will be based for 2.5 days at Albion Place in Maidstone and 2.5 days at Highlands House in Tunbridge Wells within the Psychological Therapies service which includes psychological clinicians of several disciplines.



We work closely with our colleagues in both tertiary and Community Mental Health Together and MHT Plus team.



You would participate in weekly meetings, which included peer group supervision and group supervision from an external supervisor, in addition to individual management and clinical supervision. There will be a requirement to travel between our Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust sites in a timely manner.



As a team, we offer a comprehensive service to adults with complex and longstanding mental health conditions and emotional difficulties. We offer individual therapy including EMDR and various group interventions including MBT, Art therapy, DBT and also have a Systemic Family Therapy team.



To participate in the provision of direct clinical work through the delivery of manualised psychologically informed structured interventions as part of Psychological Services to adults with mental health difficulties within the community & recovery service line of Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.

In particular:

To deliver 'initial interventions' to people accessing adult mental health services as part of the Clinical Care Pathways in the CMHT. Specific and targeted training will be provided by experienced Psychological Practitioners and all interventions supported by weekly clinical supervision from Psychological Practitioners.

To undertake other structured therapeutic psychological interventions in an identified service or services using own independent initiative within guidelines provided by a qualified psychologist.

To undertake clinical and service performance related administration, audit and research projects, teaching and service improvement project work under the professional guidance of a qualified psychologist. This includes overseeing the clinical outcomes project for psychological therapies across the North Kent directorate

To undertake training in the delivery of the CBT informed intervention known as 'Initial Interventions' delivered by a group of specialist psychological practitioners

To provide psychological guidance and support to carers and families of service users under clinical supervision of a psychological therapist.



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.



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.



Please see attached Job description for further details of role requirements and person specification.