• Job Description

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  Job summary

  Are you a registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with a passion for providing exceptional care?

  We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Senior Clinical Psychologist to join our well-established and dynamic Hospital Liaison Psychiatry service. This is a key role within the senior clinical team within the Liaison service.

  It is fantastic time to join the Liaison Psychiatry service as we are developing our services to CORE24!

  Flexible work patterns available. Part time applications will be considered.

  The Service - Liaison Psychiatr y

  The Liaison psychiatry service aims to provide mental health advice and support to individuals receiving care and treatment at general hospitals in Kent and Medway. The general hospital staff can refer anyone over the age of 18 who attends A&E or is an inpatient on a medical or surgical ward. The liaison team can then offer advice, support or a full mental and psychological health assessment as appropriate. By ensuring that an individual's physical and mental health are considered holistically, it is possible for the whole healthcare team to ensure the most effective care is delivered in a collaborative way.

  KMPT | Our Services - Liaison Psychiatry

  Main duties of the job

  As a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in our Liaison Service you will be responsible for offering high quality assessment and brief interventions with a specific focus on people in distress, related to both mental and physical health conditions.

  This is an exciting, varied role with opportunity for consultation, supervision of other practitioners, facilitation of reflective practice and teaching staff in the multi-disciplinary and hospital team.

  You will have plenty of scope and support to develop your own practice, whilst supporting the team in balancing the challenges of providing flexible high-quality services, in a way that delivers quick effective access and meets the expectations of patients, carers and the public.

  Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Essential Qualifications and Experience

  You will have a doctorate-level or equivalent BPS approved qualification in Clinical/Counselling psychology, with experience in a range of clinical settings, able to support people in acute distress and will hold HCPC registration.

  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.

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  Details

  Date posted

  04 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  380-NK098-H

  Job locations

  Medway Maritime Hospital

  Windmill Road

  Gillingham

  ME7 5NY

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

  At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and 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.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

  At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and 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.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Doctorate or Equivalent, BPS, HCPC
  • Specialist training

  Experience

  Essential

  • Years of Experience
  • Hours of supervised practice
  • Relevant AMH/ acute/urgent care/health psychology experience demonstrated
  • Good assessment & formulation skills, psychometric testing
  • Effective MDT working
  • Supervising & teaching others, Reflective practice
  • Range of psychological models & able to flexibly adapt to needs/setting

  Desirable

  • Previous A&E Liaison or long term conditions experience

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Doctorate or Equivalent, BPS, HCPC
  • Specialist training

  Experience

  Essential

  • Years of Experience
  • Hours of supervised practice
  • Relevant AMH/ acute/urgent care/health psychology experience demonstrated
  • Good assessment & formulation skills, psychometric testing
  • Effective MDT working
  • Supervising & teaching others, Reflective practice
  • Range of psychological models & able to flexibly adapt to needs/setting

  Desirable

  • Previous A&E Liaison or long term conditions experience

  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

  Medway Maritime Hospital

  Windmill Road

  Gillingham

  ME7 5NY

  
  

  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

  Medway Maritime Hospital

  Windmill Road

  Gillingham

  ME7 5NY

  
  

  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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