Assistant Psychologist

3 months ago

Reading, United Kingdom Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join the Fear of Birth Pathway within Berkshire Healthcare Birth in Mind. Birth in Mind is a specialist service providing assessment and treatment for adults with Fear of Birth and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to their birth experience. The Fear of Birth Pathway works with people with a severe fear of birth (medically referred to as tokophobia).

The role is based at Erlegh House on the University of Reading White Knights Campus. The location has plenty of car parking with electric car charging points, access to green spaces, local shops and access to the University of Reading gym.

We offer a blended model of delivery including face to face and online working from our well resourced clinic space or from home when appropriate.

As a valued member of our team, your role will combine clinical and service development components. You will be expected to support qualified members of staff with completing assessments and psychological birth plans, and if appropriate complete psychological interventions under supervision of a qualified staff member. This may include setting up and running a group intervention.

You will contribute to the completion of service development and evaluation projects and research including collection of clinical outcome measures, management of the clinical outcome measure database, conduct audits, and data analysis for service evaluation.

You would contribute to the triage process, alongside a qualified staff. You may be involved in developing clinical materials for the service and contribute to ongoing project work. There may also be the opportunity to work with our service user involvement group.

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

**The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role**:
An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology

Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties, and ideally the perinatal population.

E xperience completing research, and the ability to complete clinical audits and service evaluation.

The ability to establish good working relationships, both with service-users and other mental health services.

Excellent time management and organisational skills when managing the duties and responsibilities.

We are a growing, friendly team of psychological therapists and psychologists committed to providing the best care. Birth in Mind is a specialist service providing assessment and treatment for adults with Fear of Birth and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to their birth experience. This role offers the rare opportunity of working within a growing, specialist team, while having access to the support, resources and expertise of the wider service.

We are an evolving service and you can be a part of how we develop. We are proud of the excellent outcomes that our service achieves and are constantly striving to improve.

Berkshire Healthcare has a record of achievement and success that places us as one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We are rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC, we have a history of strong financial performance and we have a highly skilled and engaged workforce. We aspire to be an outstanding organisation for everyone: our people, our patients, their families, and their carers. For our people who work here that means we want Berkshire Healthcare to be a great place to work where everyone can thrive and grow.

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