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Bank Clinical Psychotherapist / Psychologist | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 13 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29.33 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2025 |
| Location: | Pembury, TN2 4QJ |
| Company: | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7167084/359-7167084-T4 |
Summary
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.
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.
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 cardeligibility
• And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
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Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check atStandard 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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 27 May 2025