Assistant Psychologist

Job overview

We are seeking to recruit one or more Band 4 Assistant Psychologists to work across the hospital. The successful candidate will assist qualified psychologists within the hospital to deliver evidence based interventions to patients with longstanding mental health problems, including both mental illness and personality disorder.   This may include delivering an appropriate range of assessments and interventions under close supervision, and contributing to service evaluation, audit and research projects.  The successful candidate will be required to work flexibly across all aspects of the service.

As people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are under-represented within the psychology profession, we actively encourage applications from people from BAME backgrounds.

Applicants should have a first degree or conversion course in psychology which provides the Graduate Basis for Registration with the British Psychological Society. Experience of working with challenging mentally disordered patients and/or offenders is desirable, as is a commitment to working within a recovery-oriented and trauma-informed approach and good team working skills.  The personal capacity to work in a highly challenging, secure environment is essential.

Main duties of the job

This post will involve providing psychological assessments, formulations and interventions focused on risk and mental health, under the supervision of a qualified member of the psychological services who will retain clinical responsibility for work carried out, and to assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.  The role involves working independently according to a plan agreed with the line manager and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. Whilst clinical responsibility for work carried out will rest with the supervisor, the post holder will be responsible for developing and implementing formulation-driven, individualised treatment packages to meet the complex needs of our patient population.  The post holder will also be responsible for ensuring that clinical records are completed and updated as required, and will communicate to the MDT about the work with their allocated patients and offer an opinion about ongoing care and treatment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.