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NHS Jobs; Little Plumstead; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust in Norfolk seeks a psychology assistant to undertake protocol-based psychological assessments under supervision of a qualified psychologist. You will assist in formulation, intervention planning, group programmes and report writing, and contribute to data analysis within the NHS trust.

You will participate in multidisciplinary meetings and help develop service improvements, learning across roles in mental health, learning disabilities, offending

Qualifications

• Clinical psychology tasks performed under supervision.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Data recording and audit activities within NHS.

Responsibilities

• Undertake protocol-based psychological assessments with supervision.
• Assist in formulation and delivery of intervention plans.
• Assist in complex case formulation with staff from various backgrounds.
• Assist in delivery and evaluation of group treatment programmes.
• Assist in report writing, risk assessments, and data analysis.
• Contribute to development of a psychologically informed care framework.
• Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings.

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Clinical: To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of service users applying psychological measures, including psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members, carers, staff teams and others involved in the service users care and management under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
• To assist in the formulation and delivery of individualised intervention plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a service users problems, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
• To assist in consultation and formulation of complex cases with staff groups from a range of professional backgrounds under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
• To assist in the delivery and evaluation of group treatment programmes under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
• 5.To assist in report writing and the completion of risk assessments, as well as clinically related administration and data analysis under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
• To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all service users, across all settings where care takes place.
• To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.

Teaching, Training & Supervision

• 1. To receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.
• 2. To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.
• 3. To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post-holder is employed.
• 4. To contribute to the training and support of other staff, utilising psychological knowledge especially in areas related to offending behaviours, learning disabilities, mental health and personality disorder.

Policy & Service Development

• 1 1.To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.
• 2 2.To attend meetings where directed and appropriate, in which service developments are planned and discussed.

Information Resources

• 11.Responsible for personal record keeping, processing and storage of data and taking and transcribing minutes where appropriate.
• 22. To ensure that all databases related to the service area are maintained satisfactorily.

Research and Service Evaluation

• 1. To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects relating to the assessment and treatment of service users as required.
• 2. To assist in the design and implementation of service evaluation projects to evaluate group programmes as directed.
• 3. To assist in undertaking data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes as required.
• 4. To assist in undertaking searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist qualified psychologists in evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
• 5. To assist in producing audit and research reports to be disseminated locally and nationally through poster and oral presentations at a variety of research, academic and clinical forums as directed.

Communications

• 11.Communicate highly complex, sensitive and potentially contentious information to service users, carers and staff in a manner that is clear, respectful, psychologically informed and appropriate to the individual's cognitive and emotional needs.
• 2 2. Establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with service users, including those who may be distressed, anxious, ambivalent, hostile, suspicious, or reluctant to engage.
• 3. Adapt verbal, non-verbal and written communication to meet the needs of individuals with learning disabilities, neurodevelopmental conditions, mental health difficulties, communication impairments or cultural and linguistic differences.
• 4. Produce clear, concise and accurate clinical records, psychological assessments, formulations, intervention plans, risk assessments, process notes and professional reports in accordance with Trust and professional standards.
• 5. Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues across professions and agencies, including nursing, psychiatry, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, social care, probation services and case managers.

For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust