Assistant Psychologist

NSFT; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

NSFT is seeking an Assistant Psychologist to join the Youth Team in Great Yarmouth and Waveney. The post involves working with young people aged 14-25 and their families, delivering direct psychological work under supervision and contributing to the multidisciplinary team.

You will have opportunities for supervision, education sessions, and ongoing professional development within an enthusiastic and supportive service focused on mental health in youth.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting quantitative research and reporting results.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues.
• Knowledge of mental health and research methods is expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessments and interventions under supervision of a clinical psychologist.
• Assist in care planning and delivery of psychological treatment.
• Support data collection, entry and reporting to clinical teams as directed.

Skills

Experience of quantitative research

Communication of sensitive information

Education

BPS accredited degree in Psychology

Tools

SPSS for Windows

Job description

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join the Youth Team in Great Yarmouth and Waveney. This is an innovative service working with young people aged 14-25 and their families. We are a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team and are passionate about working together to offer treatment and care to the young people who we support.

The role will involve working with young people with a range of complex presenting problems and will include direct therapeutic work. We offer an environment where you can learn and further develop your skills. Supervision will be available from within the team to support you. We have regular education sessions that are led by different members of the multi-disciplinary team and visiting professionals that aim to keep us all updated with the latest and best clinical knowledge. As a whole team we are keen to continue developing and to ensure that we are offering the best possible service to the young people we work with. We are looking for motivated people, with good interpersonal and communication skills, enthusiasm and drive, for working with children and their families whilst they are going through a difficult and stressful period in their lives, in terms of their mental health and well-being.

Main duties of the job

We're a very experienced group of professionals and are looking forward to welcoming new members of staff to the team. You can expect plenty of support, training and opportunities to develop and progress your career with us.
To support and enhance the professional psychological care of patients within the Directorate, across all aspects of care; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified clinical psychologist and within the overall framework of the teams’ policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, teaching and project work.
To take part in research; to collect, input and analyse routine data and to report this to clinical teams, managers and others; to liaise with clinical teams across the directorate.
Under the direction of a practitioner to assist in care clustering in relation to Payment by Results on admission and discharge.

Working for our organisation

At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how we work. We are committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in our workforce, including those from the global majority. We recognise that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and are working to address this.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.

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.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To carry out protocol based psychological assessments of patients, including neuropsychological tests, self- report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi- structured interviews with patients and others involved in their care, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
To assist in the formulation and delivery of patient care involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a patient’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
Where required and appropriate, to assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
Where required and appropriate, to prepare psychology reports, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
Where required and appropriate, to attend and contribute to appropriate multi- disciplinary meetings.
To discharge statutory social care functions as delegated under section 75 agreement with Norfolk County Council for Service Users and Carers on behalf of the organisation.
To provide appropriate health and social care interventions according to service users recovery goals.
To assess health and social care needs as part of an integrated team, and implement/commission packages of care where appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications

• A BPS accredited degree in Psychology

Experience

• Experience of quantitative research
• Experience of research in the NHS

Skills

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

Knowledge

• Knowledge of mental health
• Knowledge of quantitative research
• High standard of report writing
• Psychology applied to health care
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities
• An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context

Other

• An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines
• An ability to interact with clients with mental health
• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
• Ability to travel independently

YOUR APPLICATION

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIESApart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be 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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.