Assistant Psychologist

KR 1 Clinical and Client Care To be involved in the assessment of young people and their families for treatment in the Eating Disorders Integrated Outreach Service.

You will work closely with team colleagues to plan effective care. To work with senior clinicians providing individual and family therapeutic work for young people with eating disorders.

To assist in arranging and co-facilitate therapeutic groups for clients in the Eating Disorders Integrated Outreach Service To assist senior clinicians in the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials.

This can involve adapting therapy to accommodate comorbid conditions such as Autism Spectrum Condition or delivering specific therapies for common comorbidities such as anxiety disorders or low mood.

To work with other staff to assess inpatients, community patients, day patients or residents and review their care in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.

To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.

KR 2 Research and development Data collection, data entry and database management, and analysis of service development, audit and research data, production of reports and summaries using IT and statistical programmes.

This is a major component of the role.

To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist in the development in the Trust of evidence based practice.

Under guidance to conduct surveys with service users and carers to gather views on service provision To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.

KR 3 Policy and service development To follow policies and procedures in own area of work To participate in the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

KR 4 Care or management of resources To take care of, and use carefully, the Trusts equipment and physical resources.

To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting supplies as needed.

KR 5 Teaching and Training To support teaching and training opportunities offered by the service To participate in demonstrating work methods to newly recruited Assistant Psychologists and to support their development of necessary skills.

To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations or published articles.

To receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines. To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.

KR 6 Record-keeping and Information Governance To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.

Under the supervision of the practitioner psychologist to maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.

To maintain data bases and enter data and perform analyses and produce reports.

KR 7 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning To act in a manner that supports a psychologically informed framework for the service.

To participate in the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.

KR 8 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development To receive regular clinical and professional supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post-holder is employed To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.

To undertake personal training relevant to the post in agreement with the supervising psychologist and the manager.

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