Assistant Psychologist - Projects

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as an Assistant Psychologist, contributing to impactful mental health projects. This role offers professional growth through training and development opportunities while working with a dedicated team to enhance psychological services.

Benefits

33 days annual leave plus your birthday off

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training opportunities

Pension contributions

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Packages

Qualifications

• Experience as an Assistant Psychologist in forensic or mental health settings is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in designing and delivering specialist training.
• Maintaining clinical databases.
• Conducting service evaluations and research.

Skills

Creative thinking

Strong organisational skills

Good interpersonal skills

Education

Honours degree in Psychology

Job description

Introduction

Are you looking for the next step in your career, in an environment where you can develop and specialise your skills?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the National Psychology Projects as an Assistant Psychologist, where you will work with a dedicated team to make a real difference in the lives of those with Mental Health. You will have the chance to develop specialist skills and contribute to the growth of psychological projects with Elysium.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract

What you will be doing:

As an Assistant Psychologist, you will contribute to the delivery of training and undertake various administrative and research tasks. You will work under the supervision of a Consultant Psychologist overseeing the Psychology Projects.

You will assist with reviewing current National Psychology Projects to help improve and grow Psychological services across Elysium, focusing initially on the psychology graduate academy content and delivery, the Clinical and Forensic Doctorate, and the CAPs programme. You will also assist in clinically related administration, including audits, statistics collection, research project development, teaching, and minute-taking of key meetings.

This role offers opportunities to develop specialist skills and professional growth through numerous career development opportunities.

As an Assistant Psychologist, your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in designing and delivering specialist training
• Maintaining clinical databases
• Completing outcome measures
• Writing reports for various audiences
• Conducting service evaluations and research, including data analysis and reporting
• Undertaking clinically relevant audits

To be successful, you will need:

• An honours degree in Psychology qualifying for Graduate Membership of the BPS
• Creative thinking, clinical efficacy, and a commitment to evidence-based interventions
• Strong organisational skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Compliance with HCPC standards and BPS code of ethics
• Experience with office systems and administrative tasks
• Desirable: Experience as an Assistant Psychologist in forensic or mental health settings

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £27,000
• 33 days annual leave plus your birthday off
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training opportunities
• Pension contributions
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Packages

Additional benefits include retail discounts, special offers, and more.

About your next employer:

You will work for an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees, delivering care across Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and Children & Education services across England and Wales. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network in 10 countries employing over 86,000 people.

Elysium Healthcare is committed to safer recruitment, inclusive hiring, and safeguarding service users. All staff will undergo a DBS disclosure.