Assistant Psychologist

2 weeks ago


Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:

- Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
- Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
- “In our Gift” providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
- The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
- Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
- Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
- Child Care Vouchers Scheme
- Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
- NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

The Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Staff Psychological Wellbeing Hub is a safe and confidential space for NHS and Social care staff to access psychological and emotional wellbeing support. We offer person centred assessment appointments followed by access to evidence based intervention or support with signposting to neighbouring services.

Here in the Hub we are a small multidisciplinary team consisting of the following:

- A CBT Therapist.
- A Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.
- An Occupational Therapist.
- A Counsellor.
- An Assistant Psychologist.
- A Business Support officer
- An Administrator.

We also have a Psychotherapist, a Counsellor and a small team of Psychologists working for us on an ad hoc basis.

**Main duties of the job include**:

- Direct client contact (including assessment and formulation work)
- Indirect clinical support e.g. compiling and maintaining educational materials.
- Clinically related administrative support.
- Literature searches and research related activity.
- Audit and research activities.
- Assisting with teaching and training activities as required.(For example: participation in webinars)

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.
- To support the systematic provision of a high quality specialist Staff Wellbeing Service to a wide range of staff from health and social care who are referred to the system wide Wellbeing Hub.
- The post-holder will contribute to developing the outreach practice of the Hub; supporting leads to communicate and link with other services, disseminate information about and publicise the Hub.
- The post-holder will support Leads and other practitioners
- The post-holder will work with the multi-agency team and will assist with clinically related administration.
- The post-holder will use research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
- The post-holder will compile and disseminate relevant resources.
- The post holder will promote and maintain good working relationships with clients and other external agencies.
- The post-holder will receive regular clinical professional supervision from senior qualified psychologists in the service.



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