Assistant Psychologist

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Kesgrave; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a dedicated Assistant Psychologist to join their Perinatal Loss Service for a 12 month fixed term contract. The role involves delivering psychological assessments and interventions for women facing mental health difficulties after perinatal loss. Candidates must have a 2.1 psychology degree and be eligible for BPS membership. The position offers opportunities for supervision and professional development within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
• Travel is part of the role; being a car driver is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychologically informed assessments and interventions.
• Support the team in completing routine outcome measures.
• Involved in auditing psychological therapies.

Skills

Compassion

Motivation

Excellent literacy and numeracy skills

Ability to work in a team

Education

Psychology degree with 2.1 or above

Job description

We are seeking a compassionate, motivated, and enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist to join our Perinatal Loss Service based in Suffolk, on a 12 month fixed term contract. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a specialist service that offers specialist assessment and psychological interventions to women and birthing people who are experiencing mental health difficulties following perinatal loss.

You will have the opportunity to gain experience working in perinatal mental health and also to continue to support the development of a relatively new service. We are a small, dedicated team comprising of a Clinical Psychologist, a Peer Support Worker and two specialist Maternity Bereavement Support Workers. As a team we offer specialist assessment and psychological interventions to women and birthing people who are experiencing mental health difficulties following perinatal loss. The team offers support across the county with bases in Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds and works closely with the Suffolk Community Perinatal Team.

The role will involve the successful candidate working with their team to deliver psychologically informed assessments and interventions, with a focus on short term individual work. The service draws on a range of psychological models including CBT, EMDR, CFT and also offers some Couples therapy. There may be some opportunity for group work as the service continues to develop. The post holder would also be responsible for supporting the team to complete routine outcome measures, updating databases and be involved in auditing psychological therapies within the service. There would be opportunities for service-related research and audit.

You will receive weekly supervision from a qualified psychologist. As a service we have close links to the clinical psychology doctoral training programme at the UEA and have supported previous assistant psychologists onto clinical training.

Applicants must have excellent literacy and numeracy skills, a psychology degree with 2.1 or above and be eligible for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society. Travel is part of the role and being a car driver is essential.

Working for our organisation

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.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Included in your supporting statement, please could you tell us in up to 200 words, what draws you to working as an assistant psychologist in a specialist perinatal loss team.