Assistant Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Banks; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is offering a 12-month Assistant Psychologist post in the Central and West Adult Mental Health Inpatient Team, based on Duxbury ward, a female acute unit. The role focuses on supporting a DBT-informed intervention for patients with high distress and self-harm, via individual and group sessions under clinical supervision.

You will also provide assistant psychologist input across the wider psychology service on other wards and contribute to evaluation reports.

Qualifications

• 2:1 honours degree in psychology (or higher)
• Eligibility for graduate membership of the BPS
• Healthcare or NHS assistant psychology experience supervised by a qualified clinical psychologist
• Direct clinical or clinical research experience with complex mental health needs or risk to self/others
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Support the DBT-informed psychological intervention on the female acute ward
• Deliver structured individual intervention sessions
• Facilitate group-based psychological intervention sessions
• Complete clinical documentation and report writing under supervision
• Administer and score outcome measures
• Collate activity data and contribute to evaluation reports
• Provide input to the wider psychology service across other wards

Skills

DBT-informed

Clinical documentation

Group facilitation

Outcome measures

Team collaboration

Education

2:1 honours degree in psychology

Eligibility for graduate membership of the BPS

Job description

A 12-month Assistant Psychologist post in the Central and West Adult Mental Health Inpatient Team, based on Duxbury ward, a female acute unit. The work centres on supporting a DBT-informed psychological intervention for patients with high distress and self-harm, through individual and group sessions, outcome measures and evaluation reporting. The post also gives assistant psychologist input across the wider psychology service on other wards, under clinical psychologist supervision. Sponsorship is not offered, so applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full term.

What the job involves

• Support the implementation and evaluation of a DBT-informed psychological intervention on the female acute ward
• Deliver structured individual intervention sessions
• Facilitate group-based psychological intervention sessions
• Complete clinical documentation and report writing under clinical psychologist supervision
• Administer and score outcome measures
• Collate clinical activity data and record statistics
• Contribute to evaluation reports
• Provide assistant psychologist input to the wider psychology service across other wards

What's required

Qualifications

• 2:1 honours degree or higher in psychology
• Eligibility for graduate membership of the BPS

Experience

• Healthcare assistant experience in an acute or PICU inpatient setting with adults, or employed NHS assistant psychologist experience supervised by a qualified clinical psychologist
• Direct clinical and/or clinical research experience with complex, chronic or co-occurring mental health and/or substance use needs, or risk to self or others
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams

Skills & knowledge

• Awareness of the psychological, social and systemic needs of adults with complex mental health difficulties
• Awareness of the principles of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention
• Understanding of confidentiality, consent, professional boundaries and working within limits of competence
• Communicating complex and sensitive information clearly in oral and written form
• Communicating with service users who are distressed, ambivalent or withdrawn, despite clinical and systemic barriers to engagement
• Writing clear, accurate and timely clinical notes, summaries and reports under supervision

Checks & eligibility

• Existing right to work in the UK, maintained for the duration of employment without sponsorship

Other

• Demonstrating self-awareness, reflective capacity and openness to feedback under supervision
• Working independently and using own initiative with problem-solving skills, within the limits of the role

What's offered

• Consideration of flexible working such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time
• Wellbeing resources and support in and out of work