Assistant Clinical Psychologist

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Ipswich seeks a candidate for providing psychological care and interventions for children and families. The ideal candidate will have a BPS accredited MSc in Psychology. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, delivering interventions under supervision, and participating in research activities. This role offers a salary ranging from £27,485 to £30,162 gross per annum, with opportunities for training and career progression.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programmes

Career progression

Starting annual leave of 27 days, increasing to 33 days

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience of quantitative research.
• Experience of working with children, young people, and families.

Responsibilities

• Support psychological care and treatment of children and families.
• Provide psychological assessments and interventions.
• Support in research and service evaluation.

Skills

Microcomputer skills for databases or data analysis

Ability to communicate sensitive information

Presentation Skills

Education

BPS accredited degree in Psychology

Tools

SPSS for Windows

Job description

Main duties of the job

JOB OVERVIEW

Please see attached job specification and recruitment letter. To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the nominated Specialist CAMHS service, and where appropriate YAMHS service, to in summary:

• Support the overall psychological care and treatment of children, young people and families within the service.
• Provide psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist; including the use of specialist psychometric assessments.
• Under supervision, to deliver brief psychological interventions.
• Support the qualified Clinical Psychologist in the development and delivery of workshops and training packages.
• Participate in audit, research, service evaluation, and project activities.

The successful candidate will need to have a BPS accredited MSc in Psychology.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

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!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• 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)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; 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.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• A BPS accredited degree in Psychology

Experience

• Experience of quantitative research
• Experience of research in the NHS.
• Experience of working with children, young peoples and families

Skills

• Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues. Presentation Skills.

Other

• An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
• An ability to interact with clients with mental health problems.
• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
• Ability to travel independently.
• An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£27,485 to £30,162 a year gross per annum (pro rata)