Assistant Psychologist

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Wickford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust seeks a proactive and creative Assistant Psychologist to support staff following safety incidents. This exciting role in a dedicated team offers opportunities for professional development and hands-on experience in a supportive environment, aligning with NHS values.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Day One Flexible Employer

Qualifications

• Psychology graduate aiming for a career in clinical or counselling psychology.
• Ability to support staff wellbeing and respond to workplace stress.
• Experience in mental health services is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside Principal Psychologists in the wellbeing hub.
• Coordinate support spaces and monitor outcomes for staff support.
• Contribute to development of evaluations and resources.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Creativity

Motivation

Education

Degree in Psychology

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Job Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and highly motivated Assistant Psychologist to contribute to support for staff following patient and staff safety incidents. Your main role will be to work alongside Principal Psychologists and psychological therapists within the staff wellbeing hub: Here for You. This post provides an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic and dedicated team whilst investing in an initiative that adopts a whole system, proactive approach to staff support. The role will offer opportunities for differentiated work and CPD/learning through working across the system.

Job Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and highly motivated Assistant Psychologist to contribute to support for staff following patient and staff safety incidents. Your main role will be to work alongside Principal Psychologists and psychological therapists within the staff wellbeing hub: Here for You. This post provides an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic and dedicated team whilst investing in an initiative that adopts a whole system, proactive approach to staff support. The role will offer opportunities for differentiated work and CPD/learning through working across the system.

The patient and staff safety incident work allows for continued development of our standardised response pathway supporting resilience in staff teams. The patient and staff safety incident initiative aims to provide person-centred, holistic, trauma-informed responses to staff, enabling colleagues to sustain fulfilling, productive and purposeful working lives.

The service as a whole is dedicated to responding to the needs of staff in regards to work-place stress and burnout and ensuring that all staff have a space to consider their psychological health needs.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant Psychologist role will be joining the project for one year, working 28.5 hours over 4 or 5 days. The post holder will play a pivotal part in both the organisation and co-ordination of support spaces and reporting outputs from staff support offers. The post holder will also be involved in mapping demand, leading in monitoring outcomes for staff support work and contribute to the development of evaluations, resources and updating on progression. You will work alongside experienced Psychology staff and have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues delivering staff support initiatives. You will have weekly supervision from a psychologist/psychological therapist also enabling a rich experience of the supervisory process.

We are currently a provider of staff support services to several NHS trusts across the area. We are seeking to develop the reach of our services, continuing to support staff across the wider system, beyond our own Trust.

This is an excellent opportunity for a psychology graduate aiming to secure a permanent Assistant Psychologist post and undertake doctoral postgraduate training in clinical or counselling psychology in the future.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
  
  
  

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Important Professional References

Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.

Equal Opportunities Employer

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Covid Vaccination

Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.

If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing [e-mail] .

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