Assistant Psychologist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a clinical psychologist to join their acute adult mental health wards in Bromley. The role involves collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to provide psychological assessments, facilitate therapeutic groups, and engage in clinical research. Successful candidates will have relevant clinical experience and postgraduate qualifications. The position offers flexibility in working hours, with a supportive environment for professional growth and development.

Benefits

Access to CPD opportunities

Supportive work environment

Involvement in clinical research

Qualifications

• Relevant clinical experience is essential.
• Postgraduate status required for involvement in research.
• Ability to manage positive working relationships is essential.

Responsibilities

• Undertake psychological assessments of clients under supervision.
• Assist in care plan formulation and delivery.
• Coordinate therapeutic groups and clinical projects.

Skills

Computer literacy

Clinical experience

Emotional resilience

Education

Postgraduate qualifications

Job description

Overview

The post holder will take the position of joining the Psychology team on the acute adult mental health wards in Bromley borough and be providing psychological provision to service users, their families and the wider multi-disciplinary team. Each ward has a minimum 2 day per week psychologist who the post holder will be working closely alongside in delivering the unit treatment programs. The post is permanent, Monday-Friday 9-5pm, though this can be negotiable as necessary with a possibility of one evening session a week, wherein starting hours would be altered to accommodate. Specific opportunities and roles will involve facilitation of psychologically informed therapeutic groups on the wards including dual diagnosis groups, transdiagnostic psychoeducation groups (such as Hearing voices groups, ACT for psychosis groups and DBT skills groups) as well as associated individual or family psychotherapeutic provision. Individual work may also include neuropsychological assessments. Regular and routine clinical supervision with the unit qualified Psychologists will be provided as well as access to the wider Trust CPD opportunities. Other roles will include staff training and support and involvement in clinical audit, quality improvement project work and clinical research studies.

Responsibilities

• To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
• To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client's problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist in in-patient/residential settings.
• To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups or clinical projects.
• To work with other staff to assess or support service users in community or inpatient settings and contribute to multidisciplinary discussions and reviews.
• To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
• To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
• Computer literacy required for note taking and data collection.
• Relevant clinical experience for setting.
• Emotional resilience and awareness as appropriate for the population and setting.

Management responsibilities

• No management responsibilities over other team members.
• Assist in design and implementation of service development projects within the service under supervision of line management and qualified psychologists.
• Attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.

Leadership

• Accountable to the local lead - Principal Clinical Psychologist in acute services and ultimately Head of Psychological therapies in the directorate.
• Line management via Modern matron and ward manager.
• Performance accountability shared between professional and line management.

Clinical

• Relevant clinical experience is essential.
• Role requires some autonomy though under supervision of qualified psychologists. Qualified psychologists not on site full time.
• No supervision of other staff required though consultation as per psychological care planning will be likely.

Research

• Involvement in research projects is likely and will require appropriate postgraduate status.

Communication

• Management and development of positive working relationship is essential.
• Report writing and document maintenance essential and as per post graduate status.

On Call/Unsocial Hours

• One evening group a week will be likely with shift time altered from 9-5 to 12-8 for one day a week.

Disability Confident

Oxleas is a Disability Confident employer and will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.