Assistant Psychologist

Integrated Care System; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an established neuro behavioral hospital service as an Assistant Psychologist at Moorlands Neurological Centre. The role offers the chance to assist with psychological assessments and interventions, work with individuals facing long-term neurological conditions, and participate in career development opportunities within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

33 days annual leave plus your birthday off

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society.
• Experience in forensic and/or mental health settings.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to psychological assessments and formulations.
• Facilitate psychological interventions on a 1:1 and/or group basis.
• Assist in clinically related administration, audits, and research projects.

Skills

Creative thinking

Clinical efficacy

Good interpersonal skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Upper second-class honours degree in Psychology

Job description

This is an opportunity to work as an Assistant Psychologist at the Moorlands Neurological Centre, which is a neuro behavioural hospital service for men and women over the age of 18 years who have an acquired brain injury. The successful candidate will have the chance to develop specialist skills and contribute to various psychological assessments, interventions, and research projects, under the supervision of the Senior Psychologist.

Main duties of the job

As an Assistant Psychologist, you will be working with people with long-term neurological conditions, addressing conditions like depression, self-harm, physical health concerns, and psychological distress including trauma. You will assist with assessments, formulations, and treatment of service users, as well as engage in clinically related administration, audits, data collection, and research projects. The role offers opportunities for professional growth and career development.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees. It is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment practices and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment.

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for the next step in your career, in an environment where you can develop and specialise your skills? Then join The Moorlands Neurological Centre as an Assistant Psychologist where you will have the opportunity to work with a dedicated team to make a real difference in lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.

What you will be doing

You will be working people with long term neurological conditions,alongside addressing conditions like depression, self harm, physical health concerns, and psychological distress including trauma.

As an Assistant Psychologist you will have the opportunity to assist with assessments, formulations, and treatment to our service users, under the supervision of the Senior Psychologist. You will also assist inclinically related administration including conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work.

At The Moorlands Neurological Centreyou will have the chance to develop specialist skills through out your time with us. Your professional growth is important, which is why there are numerous career development opportunities to keep you learning and improving.

To start your career at The Moorland Neurological Centreapply today.

As an Assistant Psychologist you will be:

• Contributing to psychological assessments and formulations
• Facilitating psychological interventions on a 1:1 and/or group basis to service users, monitoring and reporting upon their effectiveness
• Assisting in designing and delivering specialist training to others
• Assisting with the delivery of reflective practice for staff
• Maintaining clinical databases
• Completing outcome measures
• Writing reports for various audiences
• Service evaluation and other research tasks including collecting, analysing, and reporting upon an array of statistics
• Undertaking clinically relevant audits

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A minimum of an upper second-class honours degree in Psychology conferring eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist ina forensic and/or mental health settingin a similar role
• Experience of maintaining office systems and undertaking administration tasks
• Creative thinking, clinical efficacy, and a strong commitment to working with evidenced based models of therapeutic intervention
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• To meet professional practice expectations including the HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and the BPS code of ethics and conduct

Where you will be working:

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for the next step in your career, in an environment where you can develop and specialise your skills? Then join The Moorlands Neurological Centre as an Assistant Psychologist where you will have the opportunity to work with a dedicated team to make a real difference in lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.

What you will be doing

You will be working people with long term neurological conditions,alongside addressing conditions like depression, self harm, physical health concerns, and psychological distress including trauma.

As an Assistant Psychologist you will have the opportunity to assist with assessments, formulations, and treatment to our service users, under the supervision of the Senior Psychologist. You will also assist inclinically related administration including conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work.

At The Moorlands Neurological Centreyou will have the chance to develop specialist skills through out your time with us. Your professional growth is important, which is why there are numerous career development opportunities to keep you learning and improving.

To start your career at The Moorland Neurological Centreapply today.

As an Assistant Psychologist you will be:

• Contributing to psychological assessments and formulations
• Facilitating psychological interventions on a 1:1 and/or group basis to service users, monitoring and reporting upon their effectiveness
• Assisting in designing and delivering specialist training to others
• Assisting with the delivery of reflective practice for staff
• Maintaining clinical databases
• Completing outcome measures
• Writing reports for various audiences
• Service evaluation and other research tasks including collecting, analysing, and reporting upon an array of statistics
• Undertaking clinically relevant audits

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A minimum of an upper second-class honours degree in Psychology conferring eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist ina forensic and/or mental health settingin a similar role
• Experience of maintaining office systems and undertaking administration tasks
• Creative thinking, clinical efficacy, and a strong commitment to working with evidenced based models of therapeutic intervention
• Strong organisation skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• To meet professional practice expectations including the HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and the BPS code of ethics and conduct

Where you will be working:

Location:Moorlands Neurological Centre, Lockwood Road, Cheadle, Staffordshire ST10 4QU

Moorlands Neurological Centre is being developed as a neuro behavioural hospital service for men and women over the age of 18 years, who have an acquired brain injury. The service will support and care for people who, because of their injury, have challenging and complex needs that are preventing them from making further progress with their lives and require a neuro behavioural rehabilitation. programme.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £25,935
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A minimum of an upper second-class honours degree in Psychology conferring eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS), and experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist in a forensic and/or mental health setting.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is 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.