Assistant Psychologist

3 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Assistant Psychologist Stroke Services Sandwell Fixed Term**

**Site **City Hospital & Rowley Regis Hospital **Town **Birmingham & Rowley Regis

**Hours **Full time - 37.5 hours per week **Fixed **Term 12 Months

Band 4 Assistant Psychologist 37.5 hours based at City Hospital & Rowley Regis Hospital within the Stroke Service. The Physical Health Psychology Service is a team of psychologists, therapists and counsellors who aim to assist people in adapting to and developing creative solutions for living with physical health problems. The Black Country Healthcare Physical Health Psychology Service currently operates across 3 geographical areas (Dudley, Wolverhampton and Sandwell and West Birmingham) with a number of contracts in each area. This post will be based within one of our service areas. You will be working closely with the multi-disciplinary team and under the supervision of a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist.

There will also likely be opportunities to work with other assistant psychologists on service wide projects. A robust leadership and supervision structure is in place, alongside operational management.

**Main duties of the job**

To administer standardised psychological assessment of clients and collect assessment data from a variety of sources.

Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of client harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps to protect the client. Responsible for identifying and reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk.

Under the supervision of an Applied Psychologist, supports the development of psychological formulation and intervention plans for individual clients and/or their carers. Negotiates the implementation of such plans with clients and/or their carers.

Under the supervision of an Applied Psychologist, implements psychological interventions for individual clients, carers, families and groups.

Under the supervision of an Applied Psychologist, to develop resources and materials to support the delivery of the service.

Please see job description and person spec for full details

**Working for our organisation**

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

- Adult and older adult mental health services.
- Specialist learning disability services.
- Mental health services for children and young people.
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley.

**Person specification**

**Essential**

**Essential criteria**
- Have at least a 2:1 undergraduate degree in Psychology that allows Graduate Basis for Chartered (GBC) membership with the BPS
- Must have experience of working as an assistant psychologist or equivalent
- Knowledge of evidence
- based practice relevant to the role
- Awareness of risk assessment and risk management relevant to the role
- Knowledge of audit and research methodology

**Desirable criteria**
- Registration with BPS
- Evidence of ongoing study and development

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: £25,147.00-£27,596.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Sick pay
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Licence/Certification:

- BSc Psychology 2:1 or above (required)
- experience as an assistant psychologist or equivalent (required)
- awareness of risk assessment and risk management (required)

Reference ID: 285-3472-MH

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