Lead for Psychological Practice

2 weeks ago


Maidstone, United Kingdom Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust Full time

Lead for Psychological Practice Acute (job share) 0.5 WTE - Band 8d

As part of the Directorate senior management team you will be able to support ongoing developments and help shape those services.

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).

To provide strategic professional leadership to services in the Acute Directorate, ensuring the planning and development of a systematic response to service need, interpreting professional policies and ensuring that all services operates at the highest level of quality and current best practice.

With research and development a major responsibility, to take a lead role in the development and implementation of policy for the service system as a whole.

To be responsible for the operational management of Psychological Therapy provision and provide line management support to the staff within the service.

To provide clinical services at a high level of expertise, supporting and advising colleagues on all issues concerned with the practice of psychological therapies and providing expert clinical consultation and professional guidance to other psychological practitioners.

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 across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

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.

Please refer to the full job description and for any further queries please see contact details below.



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