Assistant Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

The ASD Assessment Service are looking to recruit to 2 Band 4 Assistant Clinical Psychologists to support the team on a fixed term contract for 6 months.

The successful candidate will support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the ASD Assessment service; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with the qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

Main duties of the job

Under the clinical supervision of a qualified psychologist, undertakes assessments of neuropsychological status and function, personality, beliefs, attitudes, behaviour, emotional function, other relevant psychological characteristics and dimensions and factors relevant to the development, maintenance and understanding of the client’s difficulties, using standardised psychometric instruments, protocol based assessment tools, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and structured and semi-structured interviews as required.  Utilises assessment techniques directly with clients and collects information from family members and others involved in the client’s care as appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assists qualified psychologists in the scoring, analysis, interpretation and reporting of psychological assessments undertaken with clients and others.

Under the clinical supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, assists in the formulation of the client’s difficulties and in the planning and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of the client’s problems in community and in-patient/residential settings.