Assistant Psychologist

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Are you interested in the challenges and rewards of working with children who have complex physical health needs impacting on, or exacerbated by, their mental health and wellbeing? Would you like to work with the system around the young person, and their family, to facilitate their healthcare journey, maximising their physical and mental health outcomes?

The Health in Mind team at BWCH is a vibrant and well-respected team of clinical psychologists and a Liaison Psychiatrist, with highly valued support from Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Psychiatrists in Training.

Main duties of the job

To provide psychological assessment, psychological interventions and deliver workshops/groups under the direction and supervision of the nominated Clinical Psychologist who holds clinical responsibility. To work according to a plan agreed with the supervisor. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Following appropriate induction and under direction and supervision, to undertake protocol based psychological assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the patient journey.

Following training to undertake protocol pathway assessments.

To assist in the delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a patients problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist. The post holder can be required to work in a highly emotive atmosphere and must maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times.

To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups.

To work with other staff to assess outpatients and inpatients and review their care in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.

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 care settings.

To attend and contribute to clinical psychology meetings and appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings, as directed by the qualified clinical psychologists.

To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.

To attend meetings as required in which service developments are planned and discussed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Upper class honors degree or higher in Psychology (A lower second class honors Degree supplemented by post graduate Qualification may be considered.) Entitlement To graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.

Desirable

Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology. Mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Knowledge & Nature of Experience

Essential

Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities on a paid or voluntary basis. Ability to assist in teaching and training, and to develop psychometric skills High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive. Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues. An understanding of psychology applied to health care. Experience using Microsoft packages for databases or data analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.

Desirable

Experience of paid work in direct care provision. Previous experience as an Assistant in an NHS setting. Experience of teaching and training in the application of psychological principles to mental health problems. Experience of research evaluating and audit.

Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes

Essential

Ability to interact sensitively and effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with people with mental health problems or other disabilities and their families.

Desirable

An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities.

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