Assistant psychologists

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust seeks an Assistant Psychologist to support psychological care along the East Sussex Rehab pathway. You will work with inpatients at Amberstone hospital and community teams based in Eastbourne and Hastings, delivering interventions under supervision and liaising with the MDT and families.

The role involves group sessions, presenting information in workshops, and contributing to service evaluation and research projects.

Qualifications

• Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent with GBRS/BPS
• Eligible for graduate membership with British Psychological Society
• Have access to a car - travel between sites essential
• Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact
• Experience of working with a multidisciplinary team
• An understanding of psychology applied to health care
• Experience of in-patient settings
• Ability to communicate effectively and assimilate complex information
• IT skills
• Commitment to equality and anti-discrimination in practice

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
• Liaise with MDT, families, carers and other professionals to promote good practice.
• Observe and support assessments, write up notes for supervisor review.
• Conduct group sessions and prepare information for patients in workshops/webinars.
• Support quality improvement projects including audits and service evaluation.
• Assist with data collection and literature reviews as part of research activity.

Skills

Group work

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical assessment

Communication skills

IT skills

Car required

Education

Honours degree in Psychology (2:1+)

Graduate Basis for Registration with the BPS

Job description

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Assistant Psychologist to join our growing psychology team in the East Sussex Rehab pathway., The successful candidate will support and enhance the professional psychological care to those currently supported through the rehabilitation pathway in East Sussex. This will involve clients currently admitted to Amberstone hospital and those under the care of our community teams based at Eastbourne and Hastings. The role will be to deliver psychological interventions under the guidance of a qualified psychologist. It will be to liaise with the MDT and with families/carers, other professionals and organisations to promote communication and good practice. Experience of working with psychosis and severe and enduring mental health presentations and experience of using therapeutic models associated with this client group.is desirable but not essential You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing psychological assessments and interventions within the scope appropriate to level of experience and training., Clinical experiences may include: Supporting group sessions Present clinically prepared information to patients within workshops / webinars, un-der the supervision of a qualified clinician Quality improvement work to include research / audit / support with clinical pathway coordination and analysis Liaison with a range of services to include health, social care and voluntary agencies to support patient pathways Observe supervisor or other members of MDT conduct assessments, take notes during assessment and write these up afterwards for supervisor to check. Gather information about a service user from the Clinical Information System to assist overall assessment of a service user. Observation of full neuropsychological assessments, scoring of neuropsychological tests to be checked by supervisor and discussed in supervision. Non-clinical experiences may include:

• Administration and scoring of outcome measures
• Involvement in service evaluation, audit and research projects (including but not limited to: database and questionnaire design, data analysis, preparation of NHS ethics forms and audit proposal forms, literature review)
• Collation of information of local services, preparation of service user information leaflets and creation of displays about local services/psychological themes for ser-vice user waiting areas.
• Assistant psychologists will receive one hour of supervision per week and may re-quest a reference from their supervisor.
• A specialised induction programme and ongoing support will also be available to assistant psychologists to support learning in these posts.
  To be a successful Assistant Psychologist in our team you will be/have:
• Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology or equivalent.
• Eligible for graduate membership with British Psychological Society
• Have access to a car- Travel between sites is essential to the role and unfortunately public transport is limited.
• Please note that the funding is specifically intended to break down barriers to gaining appropriate experience in the profession. Whilst the role is open to anyone who can suitably reflect on structural inequalities, we are particularly keen to encourage applications from those that identify as belonging to a group that are nationally recognised as being under represented in Clinical Psychology. These are: Individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds Those from low socio-economic backgrounds as defined by Gov.uk Individuals with unpaid caring responsibilities as defined by NHSE
• You must be able to demonstrate a caring, compassionate and non-judgmental attitude, and show a commitment to making a difference when supporting clients and their families on their recovery journeys, Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent with graduate basis for registration with BPS, Ability to recognise and reflect upon personal and societal bias along a range of dimensions of difference, Individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds
• Individuals with unpaid caring responsibilities as defined by NHSE
• Those from low socio-economic back-grounds as defined by Gov.uk o
• Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact
• Experience of working with a multidisciplinary team
• An understanding of psychology applied to health care
• Experience of in-patient settings, To be able to communicate effectively
• To assimilate complex information and use reflective/analytic thinking
• Capable of using initiative and organise work to agreed goals
• IT skills
  We realise it can be difficult to embark on careers in the psychological professions and we hope that, by offering these posts, psychology graduates will have the opportunity to gain a wealth of valuable and relevant professional experience, to support career progression in the psychological professions. As part of the programme we are keen to follow up with successful candidates about their journey through the programme and beyond.
• As part of this programme, we have successfully run a mentoring scheme where AP's in post have been offered mentoring with a Trainee Clinical Psychologist currently undertaking the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology training at The Salomons Institute. We hope to continue running this scheme. Sussex Partnership Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Working in Sussex: We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.