Assistant Psychologist

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, dedicated & motivated Assistant Psychologist to join our Perinatal Mental Health service.

This post offers a very exciting opportunity to contribute to the establishment of a high quality perinatal mental health provision within our female prison service line. The post holder will form a key part of the MDT & will be able to demonstrate a range of skills & qualities that can help with the ongoing development of our service.

The post holder would support service development, quality improvement & audit projects within the team. Supporting facilitation of group programmes & offer discrete pieces of clinical work with women & babies under the care of the team. They would also support the MDT with indirect psychological work & training.

Assistant psychologist receive weekly clinical supervision from a Senior Clinical Psychologist.

CNWL’s Health & Justice Services are led by a highly motivated team with vast experience in healthcare within secure environments. We employ a range of psychologists, psychological therapists & Assistant psychologists. We work within the mental health services in numerous sites, across prisons, YOIs & secure hospitals, with children & adults, men & women & across the range of security categories.

The Perinatal Mental Health Service operates across 3 women’s prisons, (HMP Bronzefield, Send & Downview). This post will be based at HMP Bronzefield but travel between sites will be part of the role.

Supporting and enhancing professional psychological practice within the service. Providing support, co-ordination and administration to clinical, training and research functions within the scope appropriate to level of training and competence, and undertaking related tasks to enhance assessment, intervention and evaluation within the team or care group. To work independently according to a plan agreed and reviewed through regular supervision by a qualified applied HPC registered Psychologist.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
Monthly supervision

Annual personal development plans/appraisals

Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.

Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as but not limited to:
Preceptorship Programme

Support and guidance with Revalidation

Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies

Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:
Health and wellbeing services

Season ticket loans

Cycle to work scheme

Relocation package

The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.

All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical

To undertake assessments and interventions (for example neuropsychological tests, self report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews of clients, family members and others involved in the clients care), as appropriate to level of training, competence and under live or regular supervision from a qualified practitioner Psychologist.

To assist in the development of psychologically based frameworks of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service.

To formulate and deliver care, training or research plans within settings where there may be a hostile atmosphere, challenging behaviour or high levels of expressed emotion.

To conduct literature searches, collate audit and outcome evidence, analyse relevant data and produce reports to inform and enhance care delivered by the service.

To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups, training or research projects

If required, to compile risk histories to inform care plans, risk and crisis plans.

To work with other team members to improve care, training and research practices and the quality of life of clients.

To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings.

To support the delivery of evidence based psychological interventions for clients.

To carry out other clinical and administrative tasks as appropriate to the post holder’s grade.

To be up to date with both de-escalation, physical breakaway and PMVA techniques appropriate


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