Senior Clinical Psychologist

Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join us in the Kent Clinical Neuropsychology Service for Stroke. This post is to work in the Thanet area (Margate & Ramsgate).
The is a community role and involves a mix of specialist neuropsychological assessment, cognitive rehabilitation interventions, and psychological therapy work, supporting people with their emotional adjustment and their stroke recovery. The work is with stroke survivors, their families and carers. We support a multidisciplinary approach wherever possible and work closely with colleagues in the Community Neurorehabilitation Teams.
The post is based at Gregory House in Canterbury and is co-located with other colleagues in the service. The trust supports hybrid/flexible models of working. There will be close working with a Principal Clinical Psychologist, who will provide supervision, and there is lots of opportunity for informal support. The post would suit someone with past neuro experience, but we would also consider someone who is newly qualified or wishing to move across from another specialty.
Within the Kent Clinical Neuropsychology Service there is a strong rehabilitation focus and staff have interests in a wide range of therapeutic models including ACT, CFT, Narrative Therapy and Systemic Family Therapy approaches.
The service has a commitment to ongoing training and professional development and there are links with Canterbury Christ Church Clinical Psychology training course.

Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for the systematic provision of specialist clinical neuropsychology services to stroke survivors and their families and carers in the Thanet locality.
- To undertake high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist neuropsychological interventions taking substantial professional responsibility and exercising autonomous judgement in professional practice.
- To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and service delivery by undertaking research and development activities relevant to the service area.
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team with the local Community Neurorehabilitation Team.
- To be regularly responsible for providing training placements for trainee clinical psychologists in clinical neuropsychology.

Working for our organisation
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working as a qualified specialist clinical psychologist for a minimum of one year.
• Experience of conducting standardised neuropsychological assessments.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with people with stroke, acquired brain injuries or other neurological conditions.
• Experience of working in a neuropsychology setting.

Training

Essential criteria

• Good undergraduate honours degree in Psychology
• Post-graduate doctorate level training in clinical psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) or the BPS statement of equivalence
• Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of further CPD/training in stroke, brain injury or neurorehabilitation

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to comprehend and communicate verbally and in writing highly complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to a range of settings and audiences, including complex highly emotive situations and those with significantly impaired communication capacities
• Ability to analyse and manage complex multi-factorial clinical information from a range of sources integrating it into a formulation utilising a variety of psychological perspectives
• Ability to organise own workload effectively, prioritising a complex range of tasks and responsibilities to meet agreed deadlines
• Experience of working with individuals, couples, families and groups
• Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of stroke, acquired brain injury and neurorehabilitation approaches

Important Information:
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.

Probation Period. New employees external to the 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.
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