Senior Clinical Psychologist

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Are you passionate about supporting individuals affected by birth trauma or perinatal loss?

Are you looking for a new role where you can develop professionally, become involved in service development and be supported by a friendly and experienced team?

Join KMPT's exciting, new Maternal Mental Health Service!

We are seeking a Senior Psychological Therapist to join our team, made up of Psychotherapists/Psychological Practitioners, Specialist Mental Health Midwives/Bereavement Midwives and Peer Support Practitioners.

Thrive is a 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, community service. The locality for this role is North Kent (Dartford, Gravesham & Swanley); however, the post holder must be willing (and have the ability) to drive across the county (Kent and Medway-wide) as and when required.

Main duties of the job

Candidates must also have substantial, direct and applied experience of trauma-focused therapeutic work in line with current NICE guidelines.

NHS experience is not essential, so please do apply if you feel your skills and experience align with our requirements.

Job responsibilities

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

Applicants must hold at least one of the following qualifications:

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the BPS
• Formal training in CBT such as a Postgraduate Diploma/Masters in CBT
• Formal postgraduate level training in psychological theory and practice, including specifically models of psychopathology, models of psychological therapy, and lifespan development.

Candidates must also be registered with one of the following professional bodies:

• HCPC: Health and Care Professions Council
• AFT: Association of Family Therapists and Systemic Practitioners
• BACP: British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (including EMDR and/or TF-CBT)
• BABCP: British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
• EMDR Association UK (with professional body / accreditation)

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience in Perinatal or Adult mental health
• Experience of a minimum of 15 hours specialist clinical supervision in Perinatal Mental Health
• Experience of supervising others
• Experience in delivering therapeutic interventions

Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to administer and analyse psychometric tests
• Knowledge of attachment theory
• Knowledge of Perinatal Mental Health

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.

Salary: £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata including HCAS%