Assistant Psychologist

South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Outer London Weighting

Job summary

South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking a Band 4 Assistant Clinical Psychologist for the Sutton and Merton Challenging Behaviour Service within Older People’s Mental Health. The post supports people with dementia living in care homes with supervision from a senior psychologist and opportunities for CPD.

Based at Cheam Resource Centre, North Cheam (0.7 WTE, Outer London Weighting).

Qualifications

• Interest in working with older people and their families.
• Experience or interest in dementia care and challenging behaviour.
• The role involves supervision and CPD opportunities within the CMHA service.

Responsibilities

• Provision of direct and indirect clinical work with clients.
• Support to staff teams.
• Helping to design and implement teaching and support interventions for both clients and carers.
• Assisting in developing and conducting audits, monitoring outcomes, teaching and project work.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join Sutton and Merton Challenging Behaviour Service (CBS) as a Band 4 Assistant Clinical Psychologist, within the broader Older People's Mental Health Services. This is an established and varied role with opportunities for a broad range of experience in both clinical and research/audit duties. We are interested in applications from people who have a desire to work with older people and their families/carers. The focus of the role will be mainly supporting people with dementia and behaviour that challenges living in care homes, although you may also be asked to carry out small amounts of work within other parts of the Older People's Team.

You will receive regular individual supervision and support from a senior psychologist within the service. You will be joining an established Clinical Psychologist based within the team and a good network of Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists across the Cognition and Mental Health (CMHA) service line, who have a wide range of expertise and who regularly meet for CPD activities and peer supervision. You will also have access to the Trust's Aspiring Clinical Psychologists Network who meet regularly. We have good links with the ClinPsyD course at Surrey University and regularly have psychology trainees on placement and contribute to teaching on the programme. Both the multidisciplinary team and the wider Trust recognises and values the contribution of Clinical Psychology., The role involves a variety of tasks working towards meeting the complex and challenging needs of people with dementia living in nursing and residential homes, carried out under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist. The CBS is based on the belief that people's distressed behaviour in dementia, even when challenging, can be understood in the context of their current and previous experience and can often be seen as a communication of need, and this understanding often leads the way in identifying unmet needs and in developing care practice. The Assistant Psychologist role includes Provision of direct and indirect clinical work with clients; Support to staff teams; Helping to design and implement teaching and support interventions for both clients and carers; Assisting in developing and conducting of audits, monitoring outcomes, teaching and project work.

The post is based at Cheam Resource Centre, North Cheam - this serves as the base for Sutton Older People's Services. The site is served by local bus routes. This post is 0.7 WTE and Outer London Weighting.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a varietyofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK