# Senior Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-psychologist/68a91641-37df-4f8a-bff4-12bdfce452f6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-psychologist/68a91641-37df-4f8a-bff4-12bdfce452f6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust - **Town:** Maidstone - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Flexible work patterns available. Part time applications will be considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T11:52:07.547Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Gillingham/Kent_Medway_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/North_Kent_Directorate_Liaison_Psychiatry/North_Kent_Directorate_Liaison_Psychiatry-v8164577 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8164577?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a registered Clinical Psychologist with a passion for providing exceptional care? We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Senior Clinical Psychologist to join our well-established and dynamic Hospital Liaison Psychiatry service. This is a key role within the senior clinical team within the Liaison service. It is fantastic time to join the Liaison Psychiatry service as we  continue to develop our services to CORE24! The Service – Liaison Psychiatry The Liaison psychiatry service aims to provide mental health advice and support to individuals receiving care and treatment at general hospitals in Kent and Medway. The general hospital staff can refer anyone over the age of 18 who attends A&E or is an inpatient on a medical or surgical ward. The liaison team can then offer advice, support or a full mental and psychological health assessment as appropriate. By ensuring that an individual’s physical and mental health are considered holistically, it is possible for the whole healthcare team to ensure the most effective care is delivered in a collaborative way. Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust | Our Services - Liaison Psychiatry ### Main duties of the job As a Senior Clinical Psychologist in our Liaison Service, you will be responsible for offering high quality assessment and brief interventions with a specific focus on people in distress, related to both mental and physical health conditions. This is an exciting, varied role with opportunity for consultation, supervision of other practitioners, facilitation of reflective practice and teaching staff in the multi-disciplinary and hospital team. You will have plenty of scope and support to develop your own practice, whilst supporting the team in balancing the challenges of providing flexible high-quality services, in a way that delivers quick, effective access and meets the expectations of patients, carers and the public. Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Essential Qualifications and Experience You will have a doctorate-level or equivalent BPS approved qualification in Clinical/Counselling psychology, with experience in a range of clinical settings, be able to support people in acute distress and hold HCPC registration. 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 ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role. 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). ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Years of Experience - Hours of supervised practice - Relevant AMH/ acute/urgent care/health psychology experience demonstrated - Good assessment & formulation skills, psychometric testing - Effective MDT working - Supervising & teaching others, Reflective practice - Range of psychological models & able to flexibly adapt to needs/setting **Desirable** - Previous A&E Liaison or long term conditions experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Doctorate or Equivalent, BPS, HCPC - Specialist training ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 623.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2394) - [trust name change (pdf, 813.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2991) - [job description & person spec (pdf, 343.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10465809) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.