Assistant Clinical Psychologist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Eltham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a professional to support and enhance the psychological care for 16-17 year olds within the Greenwich Time To Talk integrated service. The role involves conducting protocol-based assessments, delivering low-intensity interventions under supervision, and assisting with care plans, audits, and research.

You will work independently within the team’s policies, help coordinate therapeutic groups, and promote access to the service, contributing to improved

Qualifications

• Undertake protocol based psychological assessments applying theoretical frameworks.
• Assist in formulation and delivery of care plans under supervision.
• Support audits and service development with data collection.

Responsibilities

• Undertake protocol-based psychological assessments under supervision.
• Assist in formulation and delivery of care plans in the community.
• Co-ordinate and run therapeutic groups or clinical projects.
• Support audit, statistics collection and service development.
• Increase awareness and access to the 16-17 integrated service.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Low-intensity interventions

Audit & research

Group facilitation

Job description

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the 16-17 year old integrated service at Greenwich Time To Talk. Including, providing psychological assessment and low-intensity psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist. The postholder will work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. They will assist with clinically related administration, conduct audits, collect statistics, and support service related research/projects., 1. To undertake protocol based psychological assessmentsapplying psychological theory, including self-report measures, rating scales, direct scales, direct and indirect, structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist. 2. To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving thepsychological treatment and/or management of a client's problems,under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, inthe community. 3. To assist in the co-ordination and running of therapeutic groups or clinical projects. 4. To support audit and service development. 5. To increase awareness and access to the 16-17 integrated service at Greenwich Time To Talk.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. 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 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, 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