Assistant Psychologist - Canterbury, United Kingdom - Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
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Canterbury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Assistant Psychologist with proven interest in neuropsychology to join us. The post involves working with adults who have experienced a stroke and live in the East Kent area. The clinical work is undertaken mostly in clinic settings across East Kent and via video. The role involves travel to patients' homes and care homes. You will work with other experienced Assistant Psychologists under the supervision of two Principal Clinical Psychologists.

Members of the Neuropsychology Service receive regular individual clinical and management supervision. There is a commitment to ongoing training and professional development. We have close links with the Salomons Clinical Psychology training programme.


The post will be based at Gregory House, Canterbury and is co-located with other Psychologists who are well established members of the Neuropsychology Service.


Under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist, the job is focused on the neuropsychological assessment, formulation and development of bespoke neuropsychological interventions for people referred (and their families or carers), who have experienced a stroke across East Kent.

The Kent Neuropsychology Service provides specialist neuropsychological assessments and cognitive rehabilitation, with a strong rehabilitation ethos. Clinical psychologists use a range of therapeutic approaches including ACT, CFT, CBT and Systemic Family Therapy.


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