Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - North Somerset

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; North Weston; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A health care organization in the UK is recruiting for ten part-time Assistant Psychologist roles as part of a funded project. Candidates will be responsible for clinical assessments and delivering psychological interventions. This position is open to psychology graduates seeking their first role in psychology, with an emphasis on promoting diversity within the workforce.

Qualifications

• Open to psychology graduates with no previous assistant psychologist experience.
• Must have experiences promoting diversity or socioeconomic disadvantage.

Responsibilities

• Perform structured clinical or psychometric assessments.
• Deliver basic psychological interventions.
• Conduct case file reviews.
• Engage in data collection and analysis.

Skills

Structured clinical assessment

Psychometric assessment

Data collection and analysis

Education

Degree in psychology

Job description

Overview

AWP NHS Trust is participating in a Health Education England (HEE) funded project offering paid opportunities to aspiring clinical psychologists. 20,000 people graduate with a degree in psychology every year and a significant proportion want to develop a career in health care. Entry‑level posts in the NHS are hard to find and this can lead to disproportionate disadvantage for people who already experience disadvantage in their responsibilities or life circumstances. HEE are funding this project to help address this issue and to promote diversity within the clinical psychology workforce.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community‑based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Positions

We are recruiting to ten part‑time temporary posts as part of this scheme. The ten posts are across different locations. Location will be negotiated with successful candidates within the parameters of the project's requirements. We welcome applications from people who may need to work flexibly for personal reasons.

Eligibility

This opportunity is open to psychology graduates who are new to the role of Assistant Psychologist.

Responsibilities

• Structured clinical or psychometric assessment
• Developing and delivering basic psychological interventions
• Case file reviews
• Literature searching
• Data collection and analysis
• Developing resources
• Engaging in a variety of multi‑disciplinary activities and work that supports a psychology team in delivering all aspects of psychological services

Supervision and Development

All successful applicants will have regular clinical and management supervision with a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist and may engage in specific training events to promote their development in line with the needs of the service that they will be working in.

Application Requirements

When completing the application form, you must clearly outline in the first paragraph of your supporting statement how your experiences/life situation make you a suitable candidate for the Assistant Psychologist role with regard to the focus of this NHSE project – i.e. that you have no previous assistant psychologist experience (paid or voluntary) and that you have/do experience socioeconomic disadvantage in your life circumstances and/or you have caring responsibilities and/or that your employment would add to promoting diversity in the clinical psychology workforce. Applications that do not include this information will not be shortlisted.

EEO Statement

We particularly welcome applications from graduates from a BAME background. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.