Assistant Psychologist

THE VISA JOBS; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Assistant Psychologist to join the Bedfordshire and Luton Complex Needs Service. You will contribute to clinical assessment, formulation, and the development of MBT and DBT clinical offers, working as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver care in the community.

You will co-facilitate DBT skills training and support the development of therapists through regular team consultations, while helping run Family, Friends and Carers groups and collect

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical assessment and formulation of service users' needs.
• Experience delivering MBT/DBT-based interventions.
• Ability to co-facilitate group skills sessions.

Responsibilities

• Support assessment and formulation of service users' clinical needs and risks.
• Co-facilitate weekly DBT skills training sessions.
• Support MBT delivery and activity evaluation.
• Facilitate Family, Friends and Carers groups (if applicable).
• Coordinate collection of service user experience measures.
• Maintain databases of outcomes and evaluation data.
• Contribute to resources and leaflets for the service.

Skills

Clinical assessment

DBT facilitation

Team collaboration

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join ELFT's multi-disciplinary Bedfordshire and Luton Complex Needs Service. Our service aims to work with service users, colleagues, and carers to establish a learning culture that improves the care and treatment for adults with complex emotional needs (often diagnosed as 'personality disorder') and their families/carers in the community. This role will include contributing to the assessment and formulation of service users' clinical needs, strengths and any risks presented to themselves/others; working as part of the team to support with the delivery and evaluation of the clinical offer (including MBT and DBT); co-facilitation of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) group skills training; promoting the development of therapists through active participation in team consultation meetings; and supporting the facilitation of Family, Friends and Carers' support and skills groups. There are also opportunities to develop skills in clinical audit and service evaluation.

Main duties of the job

• Supporting the wider team in the comprehensive assessment and formulation of clinical needs, strengths and risks by completing clinical note audits, and offering joint assessments;
• Working as part of a DBT team to co-facilitate weekly DBT skills training sessions, enhance therapist motivation and development by actively participating in weekly DBT team consultation meetings, and offer telephone skills coaching to service users;
• Supporting the delivery of the MBT offer;
• Supporting the facilitation of monthly Family, Friends and Carers groups;
• Coordinating the routine collection of service user experience and clinical outcome measures;
• Maintaining and updating a database of clinical outcome measures;
• Conducting service evaluations and clinical audits aimed at improving and maintaining the quality of services delivered;
• Collating and developing resources, including leaflets.

This job vacancy may close earlier than the specified closing date if we have reached the maximum number of applicants.

About the employer

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

For further information please refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.