Clinical Psychologist Preceptorship | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 09 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £62,682 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 April 2026 |
| Location: | Maidstone, ME16 9PH |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7858359/380-FR0641-A |
Summary
We are delighted to offertwo opportunitiesfor Clinical Psychologists to join our Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (PMHCS), with0.6 WTE postsavailable across ourEastandWest Kentteams. These roles are open to bothexperienced Band 8a Clinical Psychologistsand those wishing to join us as part of ourBand 7–8a preceptorship pathway.
PMHCS is a specialist, dynamic, and growing service, supporting women and birthing people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties during the preconception, antenatal, and postnatal periods. With national investment driving expansion and transformation, this is an exciting time to join a team committed to trauma‑informed, compassionate, and psychologically‑led care.
For Band 7 applicants, we offer a structured preceptorship programme with access to senior psychological leadership, protected development time, and clear competency progression. Successful completion of this programme (typically 18–36 months) will enable transition into a Band 8a post.
Whether you are newly qualified, progressing in your career, or an experienced psychologist seeking a meaningful and specialist role, we would warmly welcome a conversation or informal visit.
The Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (PMHCS) provides specialist assessment, diagnosis and short‑term intervention for women and birthing people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties during the preconception, antenatal and postnatal periods across Kent and Medway.
In this role, you will deliverspecialist psychological assessments, developformulationswith service users and the MDT, and provideindividual and group therapeutic interventions. You will have opportunities to develop competencies in evidence‑based models includingtf‑CBT,EMDR, and specialist parent–infant approaches such asVideo Interactive Guidance (VIG)andVIPP.
You will contribute tofamily‑focused work, including interventions involving partners, co‑parents and families up to 24 months, in line with national service expansion.
The role includesliaison with maternity services, health visiting, social care, primary care and wider agencies, ensuring psychologically informed, collaborative care.
You will also providereflective practice, case discussion and psychological consultationto the multidisciplinary team, supporting safe, trauma‑informed practice and ongoing service development.
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.
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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).
The Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (PMHCS; formerly MIMHS) is a specialist service covering the whole of Kent and Medway. We provide assessment, diagnosis, and short‑term intervention for women aged 18+ experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties in the preconception, antenatal, and postnatal periods.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
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.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Mar 2026
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