Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist

Job overview

The Cancer Psychological Service for Kent and Medway is a new small regional service hosted by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust which offers a specialist level 4 psycho-oncology service to four local Trusts (Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW), East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT), Medway Foundation Trust (MFT) and Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (DGT). The service is currently funded by the Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance and Macmillan, and this has recently been extended for another year, but we hope that we will receive permanent funding from the NHS from April 2027.

This new Band 7 role will expand the team and will suit a clinical psychologist or counselling psychologist (including those who are newly qualified but able to start in May 2026) who is motivated, passionate and excited to work in a developing, innovative, supportive and highly committed service which began in 2024. As a team, we are highly value-driven and work closely with cancer multi-disciplinary teams and with existing cancer counselling services.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be based primarily at Maidstone Hospital but will provide additional services across the region within the Cancer Psychological Service for Kent and Medway, especially at Medway Maritime Hospital. The role involves delivering specialist psychological assessment and interventions for people with a cancer diagnosis and their families, delivering teaching and supervision, liaison with multi-disciplinary cancer teams and working closely with the rest of the psycho-oncology team to continue developing the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list.

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