Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist or PsychotherapistinRamsgateinRamsgatePUBLISHED WED 27 NOV 2024

We are looking for a part-time Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist to join our Secondary Care Psychological Therapies team, working within the Community Mental Health Team. The post is for 28.5 hours/week.

You will be based at the Beacon in Ramsgate, with a team of psychological practitioners providing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary service to adults with complex and longstanding emotional and mental health difficulties, including trauma presentations.

Secondary care deliver NICE concordant interventions for service users, with complex and enduring mental health conditions. We deliver a variety of group, family and individual therapies. The team consist of Psychotherapists, Psychologists and Art Therapists. Peer and external supervision are part of the team culture.

We have strong links with various training institutions and offer training placements to clinical psychology trainees. The service also provides access to a variety of HEE post-qualification training courses.

We would be delighted to support a trainee that is near to completion of their training and we would offer a band 6 salary until successful completion and appropriate registration. The post holder will have a 6 month probation period and be supported within their discipline.

To participate in the provision of psychological services to adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties within the Thanet locality served by the Trust.

In particular:To be responsible for the systematic provision of a Specialist Psychological Therapy Service to clients with complex and longstanding mental health difficulties as referred from the secondary care mental health community services within the Thanet locality.

To undertake high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.

To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to the service area.

To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team within Community Mental Health Team.

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 2.

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