Principal Clinical Psychologist

Main area: Forensics and Specialist Services Directorate - Neuropsychology

Grade Band: 8b

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week

Job ref: 380-FR0539

Site: Gregory House

Town: Canterbury

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 25/03/:59

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) offers 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 ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist with managerial and clinical experience to join our Clinical Neuropsychology Service. The post involves working with adults who have experienced a stroke in Canterbury and the surrounding areas. The clinical work is undertaken mostly in clinic settings, although some home visits and travel to care homes will be required. The post holder will also provide line management and clinical supervision to other staff within the service and work closely with the neuropsychology senior management team to deliver high-quality and responsive services within Kent.

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).

Main duties of the job

1. Provide highly specialist neuropsychological assessment rehabilitation and psychological therapy to adults who have suffered a stroke and have been referred to the Kent Clinical Neuropsychology Service.
2. Work closely with the local Community Neurorehabilitation Teams.
3. Formulate and implement plans of specialist neuropsychological treatment of stroke based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence-based best practice.
4. Undertake a range of psychological therapeutic interventions, drawing on various psychological models.
5. Provide a specialist neuropsychological perspective into the multi-disciplinary assessment of adults with stroke and their families.
6. Work as a member of the Kent Clinical Neuropsychology Service.
7. Be responsible for clinical supervision and professional management of other psychology staff.

Person specification Skills and Training

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• HCPC Registration Practitioner Psychologist
• Additional Training / CPD in Neuropsychology
• Training in Supervision Skills
• Further formal qualifications in Neuropsychology or a related field (e.g., QICN)

Clinical Experience

• Evidence of working with people with stroke/brain injury or other neurological conditions
• Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Four years clinical experience since qualification
• Experience of working in Stroke Specific Services (Community and/or In-patient Services)

Management Experience

• Experience of managing and supervising clinical staff
• Experience of supervising psychology staff
• Training in management

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

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, that's up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!

Medical staff have national Terms and Conditions. Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name: Dr Gina Carter

Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist

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Informal enquiries or visits to the neuropsychology service are welcome.