Assistant Psychologist - Projects

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

Job summary

Join Elysium Healthcare as an Assistant Psychologist in a 12-month fixed-term contract. Contribute to the National Psychology Projects while developing your skills in a supportive environment. This role involves training delivery, administrative tasks, and research support to enhance psychological services.

Benefits

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 Package

Qualifications

• Eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Experience in office systems and administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in designing and delivering specialist training.
• Maintaining clinical databases and conducting service evaluations.
• Undertaking clinically relevant audits.

Skills

Creative thinking

Strong organizational skills

Good interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Honours degree in Psychology

Job description

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 be responsible for contributing to the delivery of training and undertaking various administrative and research tasks. You will work under the supervision of a Consultant Psychologist who oversees the Psychology Projects.

You will assist with reviewing the current National Psychology Projects to help improve and grow Psychological services across Elysium, initially focusing 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, collection of statistics, development of research projects, teaching, and minute-taking of key meetings.

This role offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills throughout your tenure with us. Your professional growth is important, and there are numerous career development opportunities to support your learning and improvement.

As an Assistant Psychologist, you will be:

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

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• An honours degree in Psychology, conferring eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Creative thinking, clinical efficacy, and a strong commitment to evidence-based therapeutic models
• Strong organizational skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to meet professional practice standards, including HCPC and BPS codes of conduct
• Experience in office systems and administrative tasks
• Desirable: Experience working as an Assistant Psychologist in forensic and/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 Package

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 care delivery. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and Children & Education, there are ample opportunities for growth and advancement.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network operating in 10 countries with over 86,000 employees. We are committed to safer recruitment, inclusive hiring practices, and safeguarding the welfare of service users. All staff are required to undergo a DBS disclosure.

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