Assistant Psychologist

6 months ago

Slough, United Kingdom Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

As part of the Crisis and Home Treatment Team, you will work closely with our Psychology Team and the multidisciplinary team by offering support and assessment to patients. Dynamic and capable, you will be comfortable with carrying out psychometric assessments and structured observations, conducting semi-structured interviews and gathering self-report data.

With excellent communication and people skills, you will be calm, confident and assertive in emotionally demanding situations. You will be expected to set and maintain professional boundaries when dealing with distressing or hostile situations and behaviour. You will be a member of the CRT Team operating from the hub and the Home Treatment Teams across West Berkshire. You will be required to liaise with other relevant services such as Community Mental Health Teams.

Self-motivated and confident working without direct supervision, you will show initiative and a determination to support patients and their families through creative engagement. Enthusiastic to share your knowledge, you will be an inspirational member of our team, striving to be your very best and supporting colleagues with teaching and project work.

Great with Microsoft Office packages, data handling and digital platforms, you will assist with relevant service evaluation and audit projects, data collection, data analysis and report writing.

You will be contributing to assessment, e.g. direct observations, formal psychometric testing, semi-structured interviews

You will co-ordinate and assist in the development and delivery of groups as the service requires and will also be required to occasionally work individually with service users and their family/carer’s to deliver evidence-based psychological interventions.

Writing appropriate notes and clear care plans is essential for a smooth experience of the service user within the service. You may be required to draft reports / letters.

Liaison with other services is a key part of your role.

Developing and disseminating information for service users, carers, colleagues, referrers, and commissioners

Literature searches, e.g. to inform best practice and undertake tasks associated with research, audit and service evaluations

Tasks associated with service development projects

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

**Our values at Berkshire Healthcare**:
Caring for and about you is our top priority

Committed to providing good quality, safe services

Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

**Benefits of working for us include**:
Flexible working options to support work-life balance.

27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme

Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality

Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.

Free parking across Trust sites

Your energy and drive will be rewarded with the support of a dedicated team that strives to create a progressive, warm, friendly and compassionate environment.

There are several posts as full time and part time available. Although you will be based at a specific location within the CRHTT, you may be required to attend other locations within the trust. There is flexibility to attend to certain tasks from your home environment where agreed.

**The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role**:
An upper second class (2:1) honours degree or higher in psychology (with entitlement to graduate membership of BPS)

Able to demonstrate additional interest and/ or learning in relevant areas of applied psychology and mental health practice.

Previous experience working with people with any of the following: mental health difficulties; neurological difficulties and learning disabilities.

High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotional.

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.

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