Assistant Psychologist

3 months ago


Colchester, United Kingdom Cygnet Full time

We are looking for an **Assistant Psychologist **to join our team at **Cygnet Hospital Colchester.**

This role will be working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

This is a 6 month fixed term contract.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development.

You’ll also enjoy shopping, travel and leisure discounts - as well as a range of healthcare and financial benefits - to support you to be happy both in and out of work.

**Cygnet Hospital Colchester**:
Cygnet Hospital Colchester is a 54 bed service providing a range of intensive support and rehabilitation services for men with learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders or mental health needs.

**Your Day-to-Day**
- Contributing to assessments, scoring and reporting (verbal / written)
- Clinical formulation and implementing care plans for psychological treatment
- Planning, delivering and evaluating individual / group programmes
- Administration, audit, research and service development

**We’re looking for someone who is**
- Degree qualified in Psychology (2:1 or above) or equivalent
- BPS (British Psychological Society) Accredited
- Preferably experienced in health care and/or in an Assistant Psychologist role
- Passionate about learning and working as part of an interdisciplinary team
- Qualified to Master’s degree level or higher in Psychology (preferable)

**Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you**
- Salary: £26,500pa
- Company pension scheme
- A comprehensive employee assistance programme and discount centre e.g. NHS card
- Most of our sites provide free meals on shift
- Internal and external CPD opportunities
- Opportunities to become involved in research
- Clinical supervision and peer support

**Requirements**:
Contracted hours: 40 per week

Cygnet Health Care have been providing a national network of high quality specialist services for over 30 years. In this role you’ll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users & their families.



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