Assistant Psychologist

7 months ago

Plymouth, United Kingdom University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Full time

To undertake protocol based neuropsychological and psychological assessments of neurology and neurosurgery patients. This will include administering psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and carers. To score neuropsychological assessments and prepare reports under the supervision of the neuropsychologist. To feedback specialist opinions to patients, families carers and other professionals under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist.

To assist in the formulation and delivery of individual and group psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist. To assist in the inputting of neuropsychological data into a computerised database and to take responsibility for the maintenance of the database. To assist in the organisation of the out-patient waiting list. To plan and prioritise own workload in respect of clinical, research and other activities.

To attend and participate in all relevant clinical and professional meetings. Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development To participate and contribute to meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed. To assist in the implementation of service development projects as required. To assist in the process of inducting and training new junior clinical psychology and other staff as appropriate, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.

**Teaching, training, and supervision**: To contribute to the training and support of other clinical psychology staff including preparation of teaching resources and other materials. To participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis (at least one hour per week). To gain other experience of professional psychology within the NHS through attendance at Clinical psychology meetings and CPD events, training days and assistant psychology meetings. To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.

To provide support and contribute to the supervision of undergraduate student psychologists on placement. The post-holder will be encouraged to seek peer support from other psychology assistants as well as qualified clinical psychologists in post. To participate in the process of annual appraisal and professional development. To keep up to date CDD log in accordance with BPS requirements and the KSF.

**Research and service evaluation**: To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects. To undertake data collection, analysis, the presentation of reports and summaries, using IT and computerised statistical programmes. To undertake literature searches to assist qualified clinical psychologists in research and service development. To co-operate in project management including audit and service evaluation.

Information technology Maintenance and development of office systems and procedures within the clinical psychology service Use a range of software packages including Word, excel, Access, PowerPoint and SPSSSPSS Responsible for maintaining appropriate service statistics and records of work within the requirement of policies set by UHPNT and Psychology Services where applicable. General: To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with senior Clinical Psychologists. To work within the BPS guidelines for the employment of assistant psychologists. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry (in both medical notes and psychology case notes) and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice of the BPS and Trust policies and procedures.

To observe personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources, such as computer, data projection and audiovisual equipment, and psychometric test materials For further details please see attached JD&PS

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