Assistant Psychologist

2 weeks ago

Norwich, United Kingdom Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Band 4 Assistant Psychologist ( wte) 18 months fixed term post in Northeast and Northwest Adult Community Mental Health Teams (North Norfolk and Norwich Care Group)

Applications must have excellent literacy and numeracy skills, a psychology degree with or above and be eligible for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society. Travel is part of the role and being a car driver is essential.

Our service caters for adults over the age of 26 with complex or enduring mental health needs. The post is based at Hellesdon Hospital Norwich. The role will involve working within the community teams to deliver psychologically informed interventions, with a focus on short term, intensive work alongside some longer-term pieces of work. It is envisaged that there will be opportunities for both individual and group work and that some work will be community based.

There would be opportunities for service-related research and audit, as well as the chance to undertaking some teaching and training for non-psychologist colleagues. You would receive weekly supervision from a qualified psychologist. As a department we have close links to the clinical psychology doctoral training programme at the UEA and have supported previous assistant psychologist onto the clinical training. Enthusiasm, warmth and experience of working with people are desired attributes.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve delivering psychologically informed interventions under weekly supervision from a qualified clinical psychologist. There will be opportunities for both individual and group work, as well as service-related research and audit. You will have a chance to undertake some inhouse training and co-facilitate teaching for psychology and non-psychology colleagues.

In our service we highly value personal growth and professional development, and as a department we have close links to the clinical psychology doctoral training programme at the UEA and have supported our previous assistant psychologists onto clinical training.

Previous experience of working with mental health presentations are desired attributes.

About us

Benefits included with this role are:-

NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

NSFT is committed to lifelong learning and continuous professional development (CPD) for its entire staff. There are a variety of definitions of CPD across the professions but it is usually taken to mean learning activities which update existing skills.

CPD is determined through appraisal with a personal development plan agreed between an individual and their manager, with the commitment of the necessary time and resources.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY

Interviews are to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days' notice, please note this date is provisional and may be subject to change. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY

Interview date is provisional and may be subject to change candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit out Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BPS Accredited degree in Psychology

Experience

Essential

Experience of quantitative research

Desirable

Experience of research in the NHS

Skills

Essential

Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis

Desirable

Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues. Presentation skills.

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