Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

Main duties of the job

*Providing support, co-ordination, and administration to clinical, training and research functions within the scope appropriate to level of training and competence, and to 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 HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist.

*To support assessment and treatment interventions with children, young people and / or families as appropriate to level of competence and training.

*To undertake direct and indirect clinical work as required under supervision from a Practitioner Psychologist.

*To liaise with a range of services (including health, social care and voluntary agencies) relevant to the work undertaken and within competence and training.

*To undertake assessments and interventions (for example neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews of children, young people, family members and others involved in the young person's care), as appropriate to level of training, competence and under supervision from a Practitioner Psychologist.

*To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups, training, audits or research projects.

*To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings.

*To carry out other clinical and administrative tasks as appropriate to the post holder's grade.

Job responsibilities

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence