• Job Description

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  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Older Peoples' Psychological Service, alongside the Community Mental Health teams, in the East Kent Directorate. This post would suit someone who has a genuine interest in working therapeutically with this varied and rewarding client group. An understanding of the needs of people with mental health difficulties as well as of those living with dementia, and the ability to work with people who have cognitive difficulties, is essential.

  We would be happy to receive applications from recently qualified Trainee Clinical Psychologists to recruit into a Band 7/8a preceptorship role. In this circumstance, the post holder would start on band 7 and move upwards. Please read band 7 & 8a job description and person specification.

  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).

  At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and about inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one

  Main duties of the job

  You will work as part of the Older Peoples Psychological Services, alongside Community Mental Health Teams based in South Kent Coast (which includes Folkestone, Hythe, Dover and Deal), focussing your time in Memory services & enhancing the provision of psychological approaches for Older People.The role involves multidisciplinary teamwork with other community & inpatient colleagues to provide a comprehensive service to older people with a wide range of complex mental health difficulties and dementia. Experience of neuropsychological assessment for dementia is a key requirement for this post.

  You will be contributing to key priorities in Older People's psychological services and holding responsibility for line management & clinical supervision of qualified & junior psychology & multidisciplinary (MDT) staff. The role will also involve providing consultation to carers, families & teams, participating in multidisciplinary staff development and contributing to group work.

  Undertaking service evaluations & audits across the East Kent Directorate to enhance service provision of psychological interventions to older people is also a key part of the role. The post holder will be expected to travel to other work bases, as required by the responsibilities of the post.

  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).

  About us

  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 dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

  Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

  Check out our recruitment videos Recruitment - YouTube

  Details

  Date posted

  14 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £46,148 to £60,504 a year Dependant on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  380-EK307

  Job locations

  Folkestone Health Centre

  15-25 Dover Road

  Folkestone, KENT

  CT20 1JY

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  You will work as part of the Older Peoples Psychological Services, alongside Community Mental Health Teams based in East Kent. You will be focussing your time mainly on South Kent Coast Memory services & enhancing the provision of psychological interventions for Older People in South Kent Coast. The role will revolve around neuropsychological assessments, as part of dementia diagnostic processes, as well as on individual and group therapeutic work. There will also be opportunities to work with families and carers, colleagues from other professional backgrounds and external agencies. There will be opportunities to contribute to service evaluation and audit projects. You will benefit from high quality clinical and managerial supervision. Participation in a range of available CPD activities, as well as peer support, is encouraged. The post holder will be part of the Kent & Medway Older PeoplesPsychological Service, which includes clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, art therapists, music therapists,counselling psychologists, trainee psychologists, clinical associate psychologists, assistant psychologists and psychology placement students.

  This is a varied and busy post, which will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop invaluable skills, both clinically and organisationally. We look forward to welcoming you to the team.

  Please see Job Description & Person Specification for full details.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EsrD63k-ZE&list=PL3LNZ2R0XLbUS3XOfTyqJZnVXRDgnClo8&index=8

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  You will work as part of the Older Peoples Psychological Services, alongside Community Mental Health Teams based in East Kent. You will be focussing your time mainly on South Kent Coast Memory services & enhancing the provision of psychological interventions for Older People in South Kent Coast. The role will revolve around neuropsychological assessments, as part of dementia diagnostic processes, as well as on individual and group therapeutic work. There will also be opportunities to work with families and carers, colleagues from other professional backgrounds and external agencies. There will be opportunities to contribute to service evaluation and audit projects. You will benefit from high quality clinical and managerial supervision. Participation in a range of available CPD activities, as well as peer support, is encouraged. The post holder will be part of the Kent & Medway Older PeoplesPsychological Service, which includes clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, art therapists, music therapists,counselling psychologists, trainee psychologists, clinical associate psychologists, assistant psychologists and psychology placement students.

  This is a varied and busy post, which will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop invaluable skills, both clinically and organisationally. We look forward to welcoming you to the team.

  Please see Job Description & Person Specification for full details.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EsrD63k-ZE&list=PL3LNZ2R0XLbUS3XOfTyqJZnVXRDgnClo8&index=8

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Qualifications

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience

  Knowledge & Skills

  Essential

  • Knowledge & Skills

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Qualifications

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience

  Knowledge & Skills

  Essential

  • Knowledge & Skills

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

  Address

  Folkestone Health Centre

  15-25 Dover Road

  Folkestone, KENT

  CT20 1JY

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

  Address

  Folkestone Health Centre

  15-25 Dover Road

  Folkestone, KENT

  CT20 1JY

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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