Assistant Psychologist

**Introduction**:
Working in healthcare is more than just a job. It’s a chance to change lives. Join the team as an Assistant Psychologist and help some of the most vulnerable people society.

Join the multidisciplinary team at Wellesley Hospital providing care to men and women with mental health conditions in a modern and purpose-built hospital with low and medium secure environments.

Reporting to a Registered Psychologist, you will join the team on the new learning disability service, where you will be guided and supervised as you assist with assessments, formulations and new therapy treatments to people within a group and 1-1 setting.

As a Psychologist Assistant, you will have previous experience with DBT and CBT within a similar setting, where you have supported people with psychosis or complex mental health needs.

You will assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching, project work and will provide supervision to members of the MDT at Wellesley Hospital.

**Your responsibilities**
- To hold a caseload of clinical work, including carrying out individual psychological intervention
- Prepare and deliver a range of presentations and written reports to explain the results of clinical audit
- Support qualified Psychology with psychological assessment and treatment, staff training, research and audit.
- Conduct service evaluation projects and investigate the outcomes.
- You will be 50% clinical and 50% research/service evaluation work.
- Deliver protocol based psychological interventions to individual patients and groups

**To be successful in this role, you'll need**
- Experience of working within a similar setting
- 2:1 Psychology degree
- Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

**What you will get**
- Annual salary of £21,000
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance

**About your next employer**:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.