Assistant Psychologist - Forensic Mental Health & Growth

NHS Jobs; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave including bank

Career development

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Wellbeing support

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Job summary

Elysium Healthcare is recruiting for an Assistant Psychologist at Thornford Park Hospital, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire. You will support assessments, formulations and treatments under supervision, with opportunities to develop specialist skills and contribute to audits and research.

The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, administration, and professional development within a supportive team environment. Competitive benefits accompany the salary and progression paths.

Qualifications

• 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 in a forensic and/or mental health setting in 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Organisation skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Administrative abilities

Education

Upper second-class honours in Psychology

BPS Graduate Membership eligibility

Job description

Elysium Healthcare is recruiting for an Assistant Psychologist at Thornford Park Hospital, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire. You will support assessments, formulations and treatments under supervision, with opportunities to develop specialist skills and contribute to audits and research.

The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, administration, and professional development within a supportive team environment. Competitive benefits accompany the salary and progression paths.