Assistant Psychologist - Surrey Prisons

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health and Justice Services team at HMP Send.

The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate that they have and a Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent.

By joining our Surrey Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of the prisoners, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being.

Working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to existing offenders (and those at risk of offending) in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion

Supporting and enhancing professional psychological practice within the service. Providing support, co-ordination and administration to clinical, training and research functions within the scope appropriate to level of training and competence, and undertaking related tasks to enhance assessment, intervention and evaluation within the team or care group.  To work independently according to a plan agreed and reviewed through regular supervision by a qualified applied HPC registered Psychologist.

We have other band 4 Assistant Psychologist vacancies within the Health & Justice Directorate if you would like to express your interest in these roles please indicate via your supporting information.

Why not see what our staff say about working within our award winning teams: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

HMP Send is situated within an acute rural area, candidates will require their own private transport to access, there is no direct public transport links to and from the establishment. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/HM+Prison+Send/@51.2734336,-0.4938699,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x4875d942aecb4c75:0xbafac6c14e683a4e!8m2!3d51.2734336!4d-0.491295!16s%2Fm%2F03c4fzs?entry=ttu

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