Assistant Psychologist

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Merseyside is seeking an Assistant Psychologist to support older people and those living with dementia. The role involves providing psychological assessments and therapy in both inpatient and dementia wards. The ideal candidate will have experience in psychological interventions and be ready to work within a larger team focused on collaborative care. This position offers opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexibility in working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting people with psychological issues.
• Ability to provide psychological therapy and interventions.
• Knowledge of assessment models and interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment, therapy, and interventions.
• Conduct neuropsychological assessments.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Psychotherapy

Neuropsychological assessments

Person-centred care

Job description

Overview

We are looking for 1 x Assistant Psychologist to help provide quality services for older people and people living with dementia in the Merseyside region. The role is as follows: 0.5 - Inpatient mental health ward for older people (Dunes Ward - Southport); 0.5 - Ward for people living with dementia (Fern Ward - Liverpool).

Team and approach

The successful applicant would be part of a large Psychology team, consisting of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists, with strong values related to person-centred care and human rights-based approaches. We promote a ‘shared-team learning’ ethos with regular opportunities for CPD, reflective practice and group supervision. We regularly have trainee psychologists on placement with us and we are proud of our links with the local clinical psychology training programme. Each of the roles would also involve being part of a wider multi-disciplinary team; you would be encouraged to champion psychological interventions and work in partnership within the wider teams.

Responsibilities

• You’ll also work to support people with a range of psychological issues by providing psychological assessment, therapy and interventions to service users and carers.
• As a team we regularly utilise a broad range of models. We also routinely complete neuropsychological assessments.

About Mersey Care

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Working arrangements

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Contact for details / informal visits

Name: Dr Samuel Hughes
Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
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Telephone: [phone]

Dr Sarah Butchard
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email: [e-mail]