Bank Clinical Psychotherapist / Psychologist

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate clinical psychotherapist / psychologist with experience of working with families, carers and children in a health care setting.

This role is in collaboration with our established parent support sister in meeting the psychological needs of our service users and neonatal team.

We are proud to be Bliss Platinum accredited and have a strong philosophy of family centred care with parents being partners in care.

Main duties of the job

Provide evidence-based interventions for the families / carers of babies on the neonatal unit

Debriefs for staff when there has been a challenging event

In collaboration with the parent support sister to triage and manage the needs of service users.

Liaise with the Neonatal Operational Delivery Network

To promote and guide parent led ward rounds.

Work as part of the senior neonatal team to provide highly specialised psychological assessment, intervention and evidence-based treatments for parents / carers and also neonatal staff experiencing trauma and anxiety arising from, and impacting their role within the Trust.

Working for our organisation

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.

We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.

Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.

Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:

• embership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Standard Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Psychologist / Psychotherapist
• Professional Doctorate in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
• Registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)

• Mental Health First Aider
• Trauma Risk Management
• Training in CBT

Experience

• Previous experience in acute hospital setting within neonates.
• Autonomous practice experience utilizing clinical judgement in complex casework
• Experience of delivering group work for training and support
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of promoting wellbeing and social inclusion
• Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework

• Good presentation skills.
• Participation in audit/research and development programmes

Skills

• Conflict Management skills
• Must possess excellent communication skills
• Expertise in supervision
• Delivery of how to deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences
• Report writing skills.
• Confidence and ability to Chair MDT Meetings

In the event that we receive a high volume of applications, we may need to close the application process earlier than planned. To avoid missing out, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Please contact the Recruiting Manager for an informal discussion should you have any queries relating to the role for which you are applying.

We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints, and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

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Good luck! We look forward to welcoming you to our exceptional team!