Assistant Psychologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join the qualified clinical psychologists in a community mental health team, which specialises in working with people diagnosed with psychosis or bipolar affective disorder.

You would be working alongside clinical psychologists, CBT therapists, art therapists, psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses, social workers, support workers and occupational therapists who work closely as a multi-disciplinary team. The clinical psychologists will provide the post holder with regular clinical supervision, consultation and support.

You would be able to access peer support from other Assistant Psychologists, as well as attending psychological therapies and team training events.

The successful applicant will be helping with the provision of psychological services to clients and staff within the team. This will include working with individuals, providing low-intensity psychological interventions under the supervision of a clinical psychologist, as well as supporting clinical psychologists in the provision of more complex therapeutic interventions for individuals, families or groups. There may be the opportunity to offer psychological assessments in the form of questionnaires, semi-structured interviews or neurocognitive assessments. The post holder will work in conjunction with team members from other disciplines and contribute to multi-disciplinary discussions and meetings. Other tasks may include participation in the collection, analysis and presentation of data for audit and service evaluation projects.

Oxleas - About Us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care

Key Task and Responsibilities

Clinical

2. To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist in community settings.
3. To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups or clinical projects.
4. To work with other staff to assess or support service users and contribute to multi-disciplinary discussions and reviews.
5. To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
6. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
7. To use required computer skills for accurate record keeping and data collection

Teaching, training and supervision

1. In common with all clinical psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.

1. To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post holder is employed.

1. To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties
2. To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.

Management, recruitment and service development
1. To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.1. To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.

IT responsibilities

1 To create graphs or charts to collate or summarise data

2 To assist in producing visual material or user friendly information for interventions with clients

3 To update Rio electronic patient records in line with Trust policy

Research and service evaluation
1. To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.
2. To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and s