Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) provides mental health and social care services across Kent and Medway. Their mission is to deliver high-quality, patient-centered mental health care that supports recovery and improves the well-being of individuals. Their purpose is to enhance mental health services through compassionate care, effective treatment, and community support.

Science & Healthcare

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

We provide secondary mental health services across Kent and Medway, both in the community and within inpatient settings.

You must be determined and skilled in maintaining hygiene standards per New NHS Cleaning Guidelines, available to work 15 hours weekly, Monday to Friday, 17:00-20:00.

You will ensure cleanliness and hygiene in clinical areas, monitor performance, manage cleaning tasks, support Hotel Services, and dispose of waste safely following health guidelines.

Healthcare

Facilities Management

Are you passionate about cleaning? Start your rewarding career in healthcare. Apply today! Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team in Britton House, Gillingham are seeking a part-time Cleaner, apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS. We are seeking a Cleaner who has the determination, and valuable skills required, to ensure our hygiene standards are met in line with New NHS Cleaning Guidelines. This post is for 15 hours per week, which is worked between the hours of Monday to Friday 17.00pm - 20.00 pm. Here are some clips of our Facilities staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for KMPT. Facilities Team Leader: https://youtu.be/N3KWBGBqdGc?si=B6mYiMb1fLa8c0NI Domestic Assistant: https://youtu.be/GtLEYNjkmJk?si=03GNYY661AaPVSWX Responsibilities * Complete the daily shift plan in the agreed time scale, ensuring cleanliness and hygiene standards are met in line with New NHS Cleaning Guidelines. * Complete weekly departmental performance monitoring, to achieve and maintain the Trust’s own standards. * Maintain a patient focused service across clinical areas. * Undertake general cleaning and other related domestic tasks to a high standard, within a designated area and managing own task schedules. * Maintain a high standard of provision of other Hotel Services related tasks. * Work as part of the Hotel Services team in conjunction with ward managers on all aspects of ward cleaning and hygiene. * Ensure waste is disposed of in accordance with the Trust waste disposal policy, assuring Health and Safety standards are adhered to. * Removal of rubbish to designated collection points 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. Benefits * Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank holidays * Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme. * Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street). * Realistic flexible working options KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we can ALL be ourselves. We take pride in our services – which are underpinned by our Trust values which can be found here. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Imelda Williams Job title: Facilities Officer Email address: imelda.williams@nhs.net Telephone number: 07464529796

Are you passionate about cleaning?Start your rewarding career in healthcare. Apply today!Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team in Britton House, Gillingham are seeking a part-time Cleaner, apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS.We are seeking a Cleaner who has the determination, and valuable skills required, to ensure our hygiene standards are met in line with New NHS Cleaning Guidelines.This post is for 15 hours per week, which is worked between the hours of Monday to Friday 17.00pm - 20.00 pm.Here are some clips of our Facilities staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for KMPT.Facilities Team Leader: https://youtu.be/N3KWBGBqdGc?si=B6mYiMb1fLa8c0NIDomestic Assistant: https://youtu.be/GtLEYNjkmJk?si=03GNYY661AaPVSWXResponsibilities * Complete the daily shift plan in the agreed time scale, ensuring cleanliness and hygiene standards are met in line with New NHS Cleaning Guidelines. * Complete weekly departmental performance monitoring, to achieve and maintain the Trust’s own standards. * Maintain a patient focused service across clinical areas. * Undertake general cleaning and other related domestic tasks to a high standard, within a designated area and managing own task schedules. * Maintain a high standard of provision of other Hotel Services related tasks. * Work as part of the Hotel Services team in conjunction with ward managers on all aspects of ward cleaning and hygiene. * Ensure waste is disposed of in accordance with the Trust waste disposal policy, assuring Health and Safety standards are adhered to. * Removal of rubbish to designated collection points      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.Benefits * Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank holidays * Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme. * Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street). * Realistic flexible working options      KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we can ALL be ourselves. We take pride in our services – which are underpinned by our Trust values which can be found here.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Imelda Williams Job title: Facilities Officer Email address: imelda.williams@nhs.net Telephone number: 07464529796

Cleaner - Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

&lt;strong&gt;Are you passionate about cleaning?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start your rewarding career in healthcare. Apply today!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team in Britton House, Gillingham are seeking a part-time Cleaner, apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;We are seeking a Cleaner who has the determination, and valuable skills required, to ensure our hygiene standards are met in line with New NHS Cleaning Guidelines.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This post is for 15 hours per week, which is worked between the hours of Monday to Friday 17.00pm - 20.00 pm.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here are some clips of our Facilities staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for KMPT.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Facilities Team Leader: https://youtu.be/N3KWBGBqdGc?si=B6mYiMb1fLa8c0NI&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Domestic Assistant: https://youtu.be/GtLEYNjkmJk?si=03GNYY661AaPVSWX&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Responsibilities&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Complete the daily shift plan in the agreed time scale, ensuring cleanliness and hygiene standards are met in line with New NHS Cleaning Guidelines.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Complete weekly departmental performance monitoring, to achieve and maintain the Trust’s own standards.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maintain a patient focused service across clinical areas.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Undertake general cleaning and other related domestic tasks to a high standard, within a designated area and managing own task schedules.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maintain a high standard of provision of other Hotel Services related tasks.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work as part of the Hotel Services team in conjunction with ward managers on all aspects of ward cleaning and hygiene.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ensure waste is disposed of in accordance with the Trust waste disposal policy, assuring Health and Safety standards are adhered to.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Removal of rubbish to designated collection points&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Benefits&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank holidays&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Realistic flexible working options&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we can &lt;strong&gt;ALL&lt;/strong&gt; be ourselves. We take pride in our services – which are underpinned by our&lt;strong&gt; Trust values&lt;/strong&gt; which can be found here.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Imelda Williams Job title: Facilities Officer Email address: imelda.williams@nhs.net Telephone number: 07464529796

Kent and Medway NHS &amp; Social Care Partnership Trust

Cleaner

You must deliver competent care under supervision, ensuring awareness of patient needs throughout a 24-hour care span as outlined in care plans.

You will provide competent care under supervision, ensuring patient needs are met 24/7 according to their care plans.

We are looking for passionate and motivated Health Care Assistants to join our dedicated team at our low secure unit at the Allington Centre. The Allington Centre is a 20 bed low secure inpatient service for forensic services. We specialise in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex mental health needs, who require care in a low secure setting, in response to offending, risky and/or challenging behaviours. The ward includes a high dependency area of five beds for the assessment and treatment of those exhibiting disturbed behaviour. There is also a 15 bedded area (LSU) focusing on assessment, treatment and rehabilitation. This can be a challenging, yet rewarding environment and requires excellent organisation skills and the ability to use your initiative. If you are enthusiastic about making a difference and capable of providing a positive challenge to the status quo in the interest of service and workforce development - then we want to hear from you. The Healthcare Worker is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to: * Deliver an effective and competent level of care under the guidance and supervision of the associate workers, senior associate workers, qualified nurses and occupational therapists, determined by the patient’s care plan. * Be fully aware of the needs of patients over a 24-hour span of care. 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. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Akintayo Sowole Job title: Ward Manager Email address: akintayo.sowole@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322 622142

We are looking for passionate and motivated Health Care Assistants to join our dedicated team at our low secure unit at the Allington Centre.The Allington Centre is a 20 bed low secure inpatient service for forensic services. We specialise in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex mental health needs, who require care in a low secure setting, in response to offending, risky and/or challenging behaviours.The ward includes a high dependency area of five beds for the assessment and treatment of those exhibiting disturbed behaviour. There is also a 15 bedded area (LSU) focusing on assessment, treatment and rehabilitation.This can be a challenging, yet rewarding environment and requires excellent organisation skills and the ability to use your initiative. If you are enthusiastic about making a difference and capable of providing a positive challenge to the status quo in the interest of service and workforce development - then we want to hear from you.The Healthcare Worker is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to: * Deliver an effective and competent level of care under the guidance and supervision of the associate workers, senior associate workers, qualified nurses and occupational therapists, determined by the patient’s care plan. * Be fully aware of the needs of patients over a 24-hour span of care.      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.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Akintayo Sowole Job title: Ward Manager Email address: akintayo.sowole@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322 622142

Healthcare Worker - Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

We are looking for passionate and motivated Health Care Assistants to join our dedicated team at our low secure unit at the Allington Centre.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Allington Centre is a 20 bed low secure inpatient service for forensic services. We specialise in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex mental health needs, who require care in a low secure setting, in response to offending, risky and/or challenging behaviours.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ward includes a high dependency area of five beds for the assessment and treatment of those exhibiting disturbed behaviour. There is also a 15 bedded area (LSU) focusing on assessment, treatment and rehabilitation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This can be a challenging, yet rewarding environment and requires excellent organisation skills and the ability to use your initiative. If you are enthusiastic about making a difference and capable of providing a positive challenge to the status quo in the interest of service and workforce development - then we want to hear from you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Healthcare Worker is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Deliver an effective and competent level of care under the guidance and supervision of the associate workers, senior associate workers, qualified nurses and occupational therapists, determined by the patient’s care plan.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Be fully aware of the needs of patients over a 24-hour span of care. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Akintayo Sowole Job title: Ward Manager Email address: akintayo.sowole@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322 622142

Healthcare Worker

You should be enthusiastic, committed, and able to deliver psychological interventions under supervision while engaging in clinical administration and improvement projects.

You will deliver initial interventions, conduct structured therapies, support audits and research, and oversee clinical outcomes under guidance from qualified psychologists.

Research & Development

Dartford

It’s an exciting time to join us. KMPT has been rated Outstanding for Caring and Good overall in our most recent CQC inspection. KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed assistant psychologist to perform at a band 4, and join our well established and dynamic service in adult mental health for people who live in Dartford, Gravesend and Swanley (DGS). The post holder will be based at Arndale House, within the DGS Psychological Therapies service which includes psychological clinicians of several disciplines. The DGS Psychological Therapies service works closely and in collaboration with the DGS Community Mental Health team as integrated services to provide a comprehensive service to adults with complex and longstanding mental health conditions and emotional difficulties. To participate in the provision of direct clinical work through the delivery of manualized psychologically informed structured interventions as part of Psychological Services to adults with mental health difficulties within the community &amp; recovery service line of Kent &amp; Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. In Particular * To deliver ‘initial interventions’ to people accessing adult mental health services as part of the Clinical Care Pathways in the CMHT. Specific and targeted training will be provided by experienced Psychological Practitioners and all interventions supported by weekly clinical supervision from Psychological Practitioners. * To undertake other structured therapeutic psychological interventions in an identified service or services using own independent initiative within guidelines provided by a qualified psychologist. * To undertake clinical and service performance related administration, audit and research projects, teaching and service improvement project work under the professional guidance of a qualified psychologist. This includes overseeing the clinical outcomes project for psychological therapies across the North Kent directorate. 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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas. 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. Our strategy Our mission is what we set out to do every day We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people Our vision is where we want to be in the future To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time. What is High Cost Area Allowance? The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas. As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month. 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,192 per year and a maximum payment of £2,011 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly) For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Nathan Hill Job title: Principal clinical psychologist Email address: nathan.hill1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322622230

It’s an exciting time to join us. KMPT has been rated Outstanding for Caring and Good overall in our most recent CQC inspection. KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all.We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed assistant psychologist to perform at a band 4, and join our well established and dynamic service in adult mental health for people who live in Dartford, Gravesend and Swanley (DGS).The post holder will be based at Arndale House, within the DGS Psychological Therapies service which includes psychological clinicians of several disciplines. The DGS Psychological Therapies service works closely and in collaboration with the DGS Community Mental Health team as integrated services to provide a comprehensive service to adults with complex and longstanding mental health conditions and emotional difficulties.To participate in the provision of direct clinical work through the delivery of manualized psychologically informed structured interventions as part of Psychological Services to adults with mental health difficulties within the community & recovery service line of Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.In Particular * To deliver ‘initial interventions’ to people accessing adult mental health services as part of the Clinical Care Pathways in the CMHT. Specific and targeted training will be provided by experienced Psychological Practitioners and all interventions supported by weekly clinical supervision from Psychological Practitioners. * To undertake other structured therapeutic psychological interventions in an identified service or services using own independent initiative within guidelines provided by a qualified psychologist. * To undertake clinical and service performance related administration, audit and research projects, teaching and service improvement project work under the professional guidance of a qualified psychologist. This includes overseeing the clinical outcomes project for psychological therapies across the North Kent directorate.  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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.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.Our strategyOur mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant peopleOur vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.What is High Cost Area Allowance?The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,192 per year and a maximum payment of £2,011 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly)For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Nathan Hill Job title: Principal clinical psychologist Email address: nathan.hill1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322622230

Assistant Psychologist - Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

It’s an exciting time to join us. KMPT has been rated Outstanding for Caring and Good overall in our most recent CQC inspection. KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed assistant psychologist to perform at a band 4, and join our well established and dynamic service in adult mental health for people who live in Dartford, Gravesend and Swanley (DGS).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The post holder will be based at Arndale House, within the DGS Psychological Therapies service which includes psychological clinicians of several disciplines. The DGS Psychological Therapies service works closely and in collaboration with the DGS Community Mental Health team as integrated services to provide a comprehensive service to adults with complex and longstanding mental health conditions and emotional difficulties.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To participate in the provision of direct clinical work through the delivery of manualized psychologically informed structured interventions as part of Psychological Services to adults with mental health difficulties within the community &amp;amp; recovery service line of Kent &amp;amp; Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Particular&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; To deliver ‘initial interventions’ to people accessing adult mental health services as part of the Clinical Care Pathways in the CMHT. Specific and targeted training will be provided by experienced Psychological Practitioners and all interventions supported by weekly clinical supervision from Psychological Practitioners.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; To undertake other structured therapeutic psychological interventions in an identified service or services using own independent initiative within guidelines provided by a qualified psychologist.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To undertake clinical and service performance related administration, audit and research projects, teaching and service improvement project work under the professional guidance of a qualified psychologist. This includes overseeing the clinical outcomes project for psychological therapies across the North Kent directorate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our strategy&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our mission is what we set out to do every day&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our vision is where we want to be in the future&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is High Cost Area Allowance?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,192 per year and a maximum payment of £2,011 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Nathan Hill Job title: Principal clinical psychologist Email address: nathan.hill1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322622230

Assistant Psychologist

You need a positive attitude toward aging and dementia, knowledge of neuropsychological assessments, teamwork skills, strong organization and communication abilities, and flexibility in your approach.

You will support qualified psychologists with assessments, interventions, and group work, while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and traveling between sites for meetings and home visits.

Education & Teaching

Canterbury

Following a successful bid for funding from Health Education England, we are seeking 3 enthusiastic Assistant Psychologists, on fixed term, who are able to recognise and reflect upon personal and societal bias along a range of dimensions and difference. We are committed to increasing diversity within clinical psychology. As such, we welcome applications from people from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in the profession. Each successful applicant will be placed as follows: Dartford base (1), Maidstone base (1) & Canterbury base (1). If you are interested in applying, please state your base preferences, in the supporting information section of your application form. You will work with multidisciplinary teams under the supervision of a qualified psychologist offering psychological assessment, psychological/psychosocial interventions and working independently according to a plan agreed with qualified staff. You will have the opportunity to be involved in providing individual and group work, working with carers and the wider team. The post holder will be required to work full time, Monday to Friday. Travelling between multiple sites, attending meetings across Kent and, where necessary, undertaking home visits in a timely and efficient manner are all essential parts of the role. Please note these positions are only open to Psychology Graduates who are eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the British Psychological Society (BPS). To Be Successful In This Role You Will Need to have a positive attitude towards ageing and older age and towards those who are living with dementia. Already be confident in administering and interpreting neuropsychological assessments, or you will be a quick learner when it comes to picking up such skills, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist. Be a person who enjoys working in teams with other professional groups and values the contribution that other professionals bring. Have strong organisational, time management and professional communication/writing skills. Demonstrate the ability to engage with a wide variety of service users, their family members and multidisciplinary staff. Bring a positive and flexible approach to your work. We realise it can be difficult to embark on careers in psychological professions and we hope that by offering these posts, psychology graduates will have the opportunity to gain a wealth of valuable and relevant professional experience, to support career progression in the psychological professions. In these roles you will learn skills and gain experience which we hope will help support your career progression in the psychological professions 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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.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. Our strategy Our mission is what we set out to do every day We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people Our vision is where we want to be in the future To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nerisha Singh Job title: Consultant clinical psychologist Email address: nerisha.singh@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322 622208 Please contact Nerisha Singh via email in the first instance.

Following a successful bid for funding from Health Education England, we are seeking 3 enthusiastic Assistant Psychologists, on fixed term, who are able to recognise and reflect upon personal and societal bias along a range of dimensions and difference. We are committed to increasing diversity within clinical psychology. As such, we welcome applications from people from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in the profession.Each successful applicant will be placed as follows: Dartford base (1), Maidstone base (1) & Canterbury base (1). If you are interested in applying, please state your base preferences, in the supporting information section of your application form.You will work with multidisciplinary teams under the supervision of a qualified psychologist offering psychological assessment, psychological/psychosocial interventions and working independently according to a plan agreed with qualified staff. You will have the opportunity to be involved in providing individual and group work, working with carers and the wider team. The post holder will be required to work full time, Monday to Friday. Travelling between multiple sites, attending meetings across Kent and, where necessary, undertaking home visits in a timely and efficient manner are all essential parts of the role.Please note these positions are only open to Psychology Graduates who are eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the British Psychological Society (BPS).To Be Successful In This Role You WillNeed to have a positive attitude towards ageing and older age and towards those who are living with dementia.Already be confident in administering and interpreting neuropsychological assessments, or you will be a quick learner when it comes to picking up such skills, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.Be a person who enjoys working in teams with other professional groups and values the contribution that other professionals bring.Have strong organisational, time management and professional communication/writing skills.Demonstrate the ability to engage with a wide variety of service users, their family members and multidisciplinary staff.Bring a positive and flexible approach to your work.We realise it can be difficult to embark on careers in psychological professions and we hope that by offering these posts, psychology graduates will have the opportunity to gain a wealth of valuable and relevant professional experience, to support career progression in the psychological professions. In these roles you will learn skills and gain experience which we hope will help support your career progression in the psychological professionsCome 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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.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.Our strategyOur mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant peopleOur vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nerisha Singh Job title: Consultant clinical psychologist Email address: nerisha.singh@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322 622208Please contact Nerisha Singh via email in the first instance.

Following a successful bid for funding from Health Education England, we are seeking 3 enthusiastic Assistant Psychologists, on fixed term, who are able to recognise and reflect upon personal and societal bias along a range of dimensions and difference. We are committed to increasing diversity within clinical psychology. As such, we welcome applications from people from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in the profession.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Each successful applicant will be placed as follows: Dartford base (1), Maidstone base (1) &amp;amp; Canterbury base (1). If you are interested in applying, please state your base preferences, in the supporting information section of your application form.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will work with multidisciplinary teams under the supervision of a qualified psychologist offering psychological assessment, psychological/psychosocial interventions and working independently according to a plan agreed with qualified staff. You will have the opportunity to be involved in providing individual and group work, working with carers and the wider team. The post holder will be required to work full time, Monday to Friday. Travelling between multiple sites, attending meetings across Kent and, where necessary, undertaking home visits in a timely and efficient manner are all essential parts of the role.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please note these positions are only open to Psychology Graduates who are eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the British Psychological Society (BPS).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To Be Successful In This Role You Will&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Need to have a positive attitude towards ageing and older age and towards those who are living with dementia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Already be confident in administering and interpreting neuropsychological assessments, or you will be a quick learner when it comes to picking up such skills, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Be a person who enjoys working in teams with other professional groups and values the contribution that other professionals bring.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Have strong organisational, time management and professional communication/writing skills.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Demonstrate the ability to engage with a wide variety of service users, their family members and multidisciplinary staff.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bring a positive and flexible approach to your work.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We realise it can be difficult to embark on careers in psychological professions and we hope that by offering these posts, psychology graduates will have the opportunity to gain a wealth of valuable and relevant professional experience, to support career progression in the psychological professions. In these roles you will learn skills and gain experience which we hope will help support your career progression in the psychological professions&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our strategy&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Our mission is what we set out to do every day&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Our vision is where we want to be in the future&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nerisha Singh Job title: Consultant clinical psychologist Email address: nerisha.singh@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322 622208&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please contact Nerisha Singh via email in the first instance.

You must deliver effective care per patient plans, supervise band 2 workers, ensure patient independence, accurately record care, promote hygiene, and maintain a safe environment.

You will deliver patient care, supervise junior staff, support a multidisciplinary team, promote independence, ensure hygiene, maintain a safe environment, and accurately record care provided.

It’s an exciting time to join our dynamic and innovative team Do you want to develop your skills, with the backing of a well-developed team and make a difference to the recovery of our patients? If the answer is yes, we want you to join us! The Allington Centre is a 20 bed low secure inpatient service for forensic services serving the community of Kent and Medway. We specialise in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex mental health needs, who require care in a low secure setting, in response to offending, risky and/or challenging behaviours. This can be challenging, yet rewarding environment and requires excellent organisation skills and the ability to use your initiative. If you are enthusiastic about making a difference and capable of providing positive challenge to the status quo in the interest of service and workforce development - then we want to hear from you. The Healthcare Worker is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility as follows: Under limited supervision from a senior associate worker, qualified nurse, occupational therapist or the nurse in charge, deliver an effective and competent level of care, which is determined by the patients care plan. * Supervise the care given by band 2 healthcare workers. * Be fully aware of the needs of patients over a 24hr span of care. Support the work of the multidisciplinary team * Consistently delivering a patient focused service, which promotes optimum independence. * Offering appropriate support and advice to the patients. * Recording accurately all care given as required. * Enable patients to maintain and improve their independence by promoting active involvement in the therapeutic activity programme. * Noting and reporting accurately any care given and/or information required by the nurse in charge. * Give physical care as required or instructed. * Promote patient’s appearance and personal hygiene by offering support/advice in self care and ensuring that suitable toiletries are available. * Promote a healthy, safe and secure environment by adhering to Trust statutory health and safety requirements and maintain confidentiality of information at all times in compliance with the Trust Policies. * Assist patients to maintain a clean and healthy ward environment and assist them in all aspects of daily living skills as required. 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. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Akintayo Sowole Job title: Ward Manager Email address: akintayo.sowole@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322 622142

It’s an exciting time to join our dynamic and innovative team Do you want to develop your skills, with the backing of a well-developed team and make a difference to the recovery of our patients? If the answer is yes, we want you to join us!The Allington Centre is a 20 bed low secure inpatient service for forensic services serving the community of Kent and Medway. We specialise in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex mental health needs, who require care in a low secure setting, in response to offending, risky and/or challenging behaviours.This can be challenging, yet rewarding environment and requires excellent organisation skills and the ability to use your initiative. If you are enthusiastic about making a difference and capable of providing positive challenge to the status quo in the interest of service and workforce development - then we want to hear from you.The Healthcare Worker is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility as follows:Under limited supervision from a senior associate worker, qualified nurse, occupational therapist or the nurse in charge, deliver an effective and competent level of care, which is determined by the patients care plan. * Supervise the care given by band 2 healthcare workers. * Be fully aware of the needs of patients over a 24hr span of care.      Support the work of the multidisciplinary team * Consistently delivering a patient focused service, which promotes optimum independence. * Offering appropriate support and advice to the patients. * Recording accurately all care given as required. * Enable patients to maintain and improve their independence by promoting active involvement in the therapeutic activity programme. * Noting and reporting accurately any care given and/or information required by the nurse in charge. * Give physical care as required or instructed. * Promote patient’s appearance and personal hygiene by offering support/advice in self care and ensuring that suitable toiletries are available. * Promote a healthy, safe and secure environment by adhering to Trust statutory health and safety requirements and maintain confidentiality of information at all times in compliance with the Trust Policies. * Assist patients to maintain a clean and healthy ward environment and assist them in all aspects of daily living skills as required.      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.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Akintayo Sowole Job title: Ward Manager Email address: akintayo.sowole@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322 622142

Senior Healthcare Worker - Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

It’s an exciting time to join our dynamic and innovative team Do you want to develop your skills, with the backing of a well-developed team and make a difference to the recovery of our patients? If the answer is yes, we want you to join us!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Allington Centre is a 20 bed low secure inpatient service for forensic services serving the community of Kent and Medway. We specialise in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex mental health needs, who require care in a low secure setting, in response to offending, risky and/or challenging behaviours.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This can be challenging, yet rewarding environment and requires excellent organisation skills and the ability to use your initiative. If you are enthusiastic about making a difference and capable of providing positive challenge to the status quo in the interest of service and workforce development - then we want to hear from you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Healthcare Worker is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility as follows:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Under limited supervision from a senior associate worker, qualified nurse, occupational therapist or the nurse in charge, deliver an effective and competent level of care, which is determined by the patients care plan.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Supervise the care given by band 2 healthcare workers.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Be fully aware of the needs of patients over a 24hr span of care.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Support the work of the multidisciplinary team&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Consistently delivering a patient focused service, which promotes optimum independence.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Offering appropriate support and advice to the patients.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recording accurately all care given as required.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Enable patients to maintain and improve their independence by promoting active involvement in the therapeutic activity programme.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Noting and reporting accurately any care given and/or information required by the nurse in charge.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Give physical care as required or instructed.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Promote patient’s appearance and personal hygiene by offering support/advice in self care and ensuring that suitable toiletries are available.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Promote a healthy, safe and secure environment by adhering to Trust statutory health and safety requirements and maintain confidentiality of information at all times in compliance with the Trust Policies.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assist patients to maintain a clean and healthy ward environment and assist them in all aspects of daily living skills as required.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Akintayo Sowole Job title: Ward Manager Email address: akintayo.sowole@nhs.net Telephone number: 01322 622142

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