Assistant Psychologist

Job summary This role as an Assistant Psychologist at Spring Wood Lodge offers the opportunity to work with a dedicated team in supporting women with complex emotional and mental health problems.
You will contribute to psychological assessments, interventions, and research tasks, while developing specialist skills and advancing your career.
Main duties of the job As an Assistant Psychologist, you will assist with assessments, formulations, and treatment for service users under the supervision of the Senior Psychologist.
You will also contribute to various clinical administration tasks, including audits, data collection, and research projects.
This role provides the chance to develop specialist skills and progress your career in a supportive environment.
About us Elysium Healthcare is an established and agile company with over 8,000 employees, providing a range of mental health, neurological, learning disability, and children's services across England and Wales.
As part of the global Ramsay Health Care network, Elysium offers extensive opportunities for professional growth and development.
Job description Job responsibilities Are you looking for the next step in your career, in an environment where you can develop and specialise your skills?
Then join Spring Wood Lodge as an Assistant Psychologist where you will have the opportunity to work with a dedicated team to make a real difference in lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.
What you will be doing You will be working that supports women over the age of 18 who have complex emotional and mental health problems associated with significant risk behaviours.
Typically they have a diagnosis of personality disorder or a severe mental illness As an Assistant Psychologist you will have the opportunity to assist with assessments, formulations, and treatment to our service users, under the supervision of the Senior Psychologist.
You will also assist in clinically related administration including conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work.
At Spring Wood Lodge you will have the chance to develop specialist skills through out your time with us.
Your professional growth is important, which is why there are numerous career development opportunities to keep you learning and improving.
As an Assistant Psychologist you will be: Contributing to psychological assessments and formulations Facilitating psychological interventions on a 1:1 and/or group basis to service users, monitoring and reporting upon their effectiveness Assisting in designing and delivering specialist training to others Assisting with the delivery of reflective practice for staff Maintaining clinical databases Completing outcome measures Writing reports for various audiences Service evaluation and other research tasks including collecting, analysing, and reporting upon an array of statistics Undertaking clinically relevant audits To be successful in this role, you will have: A minimum of an upper second-class honours degree in Psychology conferring eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist in a forensic and/or mental health setting in a similar role Experience of maintaining office systems and undertaking administration tasks Creative thinking, clinical efficacy, and a strong commitment to working with evidenced based models of therapeutic intervention Strong organisation skills Good interpersonal and communication skills To meet professional practice expectations including the HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and the BPS code of ethics and conduct Where you will be working: Location: 1 Towngate Close, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 9PQ You will be working at Spring Wood Lodge, a service that supports women over the age of 18 who have complex emotional and mental health problems associated with significant risk behaviours.
Typically they have a diagnosis of personality disorder or a severe mental illness.
They may not have had their needs met in a general psychiatric service including acute inpatient units, community mental health teams or community personality disorder service.
Working as part of a team, you will focus on active rehabilitation with a view to achieving sustainable discharge What you will get: Annual salary of £24,571 The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – (Inc Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off
Subsidised meals Free parking Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
Pension contribution to secure your future.
Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.
About your next employer: You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care.
With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment.
It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users.
All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential A minimum of an upper second-class honours degree in Psychology, conferring eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Previous experience as an Assistant Psychologist in a forensic or mental health setting is also required.