Assistant Psychologist

3 months ago

StokeonTrent, United Kingdom North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

Assistant Psychologist Band 4

37.5 hours per week permanent contract

Acute and Urgent Care Directorate, Harplands Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Assistant Psychologist to work in our Acute and Urgent Care Directorate (A&UC). This is a permanent post based at our purpose-built Crisis Care Centre (CCC) at Harplands Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent. The post will involve working across our All Age Access Team (AAAT) and Home Treatment Team (HTT).

The AAAT provides a single point of contact for individuals of all ages experiencing mental health crises. The service provides prompt and expert triage and assessment of needs and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The HTT provides intensive support, assessment and treatment for adults with severe and sudden mental health needs as an alternative to hospital admission.

The role will include working under the supervision of the Principal Clinical Psychologist to support the wider multidisciplinary teams by contributing to assessments, supporting individual and group psychological interventions, working with individual clients to promote engagement in services, attending relevant meetings, undertaking literature reviews, and contributing to research and service improvement initiatives.

The principal duties of this role will be to assist the qualified psychologist in providing and enhancing psychological provision across the CCC. The role would suit an aspiring psychologist who seeks to develop their assessment, formulation, and intervention skills under supervision and offers opportunities for a variety of both direct and indirect clinical work.

The post holder will be involved in contributing to service development initiatives, audits, research projects, the development of teaching and training materials, statistical data collection and entry, and assisting with clinical administrative tasks.

Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our team prides themselves on compassion, teamwork and resilience.

A detailed analysis of the most recent national NHS Staff Survey data has confirmed Combined Healthcare is the best-rated Trust in the entire NHS.

The Trust has the advantage of being relatively small, where good working relationships are fostered and valued. The current vacancy is based in Stoke-on-Trent, which is easily commutable from all parts of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Manchester areas, and has extremely good road links to and from the city.

Staff parking is free on all our main sites.

**In return we offer**:

- Focus on staff wellbeing with easy access to the Staff Support and Counselling service as well as the Staff Psychological Wellbeing Hub;
- We cover the cost of your DBS Check (£44);
- Competitive staff benefits such as weekly offers and discounts;
- Individual Personal Development Plan and career progression;
- Excellent pension scheme available;
- 27-33 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays (pro rata);
- The opportunity to connect with other Assistant Psychologists working within the Directorate and in the Trust via a monthly ‘Aspiring Psychologists’ group supporting career development.

The post holder will be based at Harplands Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, but will be required to travel in accordance with Trust policies and service needs as part of the role. The post holder may be required to undertake any of the duties specified in the key result areas noted below. The relative priority and time allocated to each area will be determined by reference to service needs and may vary in light of prevailing service priorities and requirements.
- Under supervision, to assist the psychologist and senior members of the clinical team by contributing to a variety of assessment procedures (i.e., administering self-report measures, rating scales, reviews of clinical notes, direct and indirect structured observations, semi-structured interviews etc.), and supporting and undertaking brief therapeutic interventions;
- To assist psychologists and other senior members of the clinical team in developing training materials, conducting searches of evidence-based literature, and contributing to service initiatives under supervision;
- To assist in the group delivery programme and psychology teaching and training where required;
- To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects. This will include undertaking literature searches relevant to particular projects, data collection, analysis, and entry, and preparing and presenting summaries and reports to aid service development;
- To undertake a variety of clinical administrative tasks, including reviewing data sources/clinical files, writing clinical notes, letters and reports, preparing session materials, and making/modifying resources etc.

Person specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria

An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
Eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Mem

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