Assistant Psychologist

Working in healthcare is more than just a job. It's a chance to change lives. We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist to join our friendly team at Sturt House in Tadworth.

In this role, you will support qualified psychologists in the provision of the psychology services within the hospital and contribute to psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.

Working 37.5 hours a week, you will undertake collaborative research projects and devise and undertake teaching and training of staff and you will engage with the multidisciplinary team and ensure that the patient is fully engaged in their care pathway.

As a Psychologist Assistant, you will assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- To hold a caseload of clinical work, including carrying out individual psychological intervention
- Undertake collaborative risk assessment and management for individual patients and to provide general advice
- Carry out these duties in consultation with the Lead Psychologist and identified supervisor, and contribute to the maintenance and development of a high-quality psychological service
- To engage with the multidisciplinary team and ensure that the patient is fully engaged in their care pathway
- Contribute to the CPD of the department and service, through the dissemination of knowledge and skills
- To participate in the preparation of teaching materials
- Work in a way that complies with legislation and organisational policies and procedures on health, safety and risk management
- Manages people and applies internal processes in a fair and equal way

**To be successful in this role, you'll need**
- A BPS accredited recognised degree in Psychology conferrinng Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR)
- Experience of working with clients in a similar or related field relevant to the post
- Experience of having completed self directed research
- To be working towards professional training

**What you will get**
- Annual salary of £20,618 + Benefits
- 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 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.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.