This is an excellent opportunity for an energetic and dynamic person with good communication skills to fulfil the Assistant Psychologist role within the Mental Health Service. Assistant Psychologists in this setting must have at least one year prior experience of working with offenders and/or patients with complex mental health difficulties.
The role is varied and involves supporting qualified clinical or forensic psychologists in completing assessments and delivering individual and group therapy. The post holders will have the opportunity to contribute to ongoing development of specialist treatment programmes as well as research and project delivery. MDT working is also an integral part of the role. Research, evaluation and writing for publication are actively supported; ongoing professional development is encouraged and supervision considered a priority.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Clinical or Work Practice
To undertake individualised psychological assessments of patients including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, and others involved in the patient’s care, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a patient’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
To assist in the running of therapeutic groups.
To work with other staff to assess patients and review their care in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.
To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all patients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
Teaching, Training & Supervision
Develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.
Participate in regular supervision
To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.
To participate in appropriate training courses or updates in accordance with mandatory training requirements and Personal Development Plans.
Research & Service Evaluation
To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects, adhering to research governance.
To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist qualified psychologists in evidence based practice in individual or group work and work with other team members.
Policies & Procedures
The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. It is the post holder’s responsibility to ensure that they keep up to date with these policies and other policy documents.
Management, Recruitment & Service Development
To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.
Attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.
Health and Safety
To work within the provisions of the Trust Health and Safety Policy.
General Duties
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.
To undertake specific administrative duties as required.
To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the banding which may be required from time to time by their Psychology Manager.
To ensure that in all aspects of professional activity (e.g. communication with patients, relatives, and colleagues as well as in the assessment, development/delivery of interventions) issues of diversity such as race, culture, identity, gender, religion, age and sexuality are sensitively considered and incorporated to reflect individual differences appropriately.
To ensure that service users are appropriately consulted about relevant aspects of their care and are empowered to express their views in a responsive environment enabling such views to be assimilated/incorporated into continued service development and improvement.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
