Senior Assistant Psychologist

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Urmston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in Urmston is seeking a Band 5 Senior Assistant Psychologist to deliver neuropsychology services. The role involves assessments, interventions, and collaboration with healthcare professionals. Ideal candidates will have an upper second-class degree in psychology and experience with neurological issues. This position offers opportunities for further professional training and development.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with neurological and/or mental health problems.
• Experience as an assistant psychologist or research assistant.
• Understanding of psychology applied to health care.

Responsibilities

• Provision of neuropsychological assessments and interventions.
• Writing reports and representing psychology at multidisciplinary teams.
• Working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals.

Skills

High level communication skills

Ability to travel to various locations

Ability to work independently

Education

Upper second-class honours degree in psychology

Graduate basis for chartership membership with the British Psychological Society

Postgraduate training in professional psychology

Job description

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Band 5 Senior Assistant Psychologist - INRU

Ideal opportunity to gain further experience working alongside a practitioner psychologist in a busy clinical environment, developing and delivering specialist neuropsychology services to an intermediate neurorehabilitation unit.

The role will strengthen further applications to professional training courses for the psychological professions Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychology doctoral programmes. You must already have some experience in working clinically in relevant area following completion of a recognised undergraduate degree in Psychology (conferring GBR with the British Psychological Society)

Main duties of the job

Provision of neuropsychological assessments, interventions (behavioural and/or cognitive), report writing, representing psychology at MDTs, audits, teaching and project work (where appropriate).

Strong clinically focused skills required to work in an intensive environment with a range of healthcare professionals to deliver high quality care to those affected by brain injury.

Significant degree of autonomy will be expected from postholder at times.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

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• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme

Person specification

Qualifications

• • An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology
• • Entitlement to graduate basis for chartership membership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society
• • Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

• • Experience of working with people with neurological and/or mental health problems and/or other relevant health disabilities
• • Experience of working as an assistant psychologist / research assistant or equivalent
• • Experience of working independently and liaising with other healthcare workers
• • Experience of working with patients in an Acute hospital setting

Knowledge

• • An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
• • Knowledge of neuropsychological issues and assessment
• • Knowledge of abnormal psychology and CBT

Skills

• • High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
• • Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in an appropriate way
• • Ability to produce reports under supervision to a high standard
• • An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health and/or a neuropsychology service context

Other

• • The ability to travel to a range of locations in a timely and efficient manner

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

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Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.