# Assistant Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/4cb6ffa3-cfb5-4729-b89a-b4cedbdd5e6e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/4cb6ffa3-cfb5-4729-b89a-b4cedbdd5e6e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Manchester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £26,530 - £29,114 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2024-10-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2024-10-01T07:01:05.311Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Salford/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v6654586?_ts=1 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/6654586?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Assistant Psychologist positions within Salford Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services for adults of working age (one position is available from October 2024 and one is available from December 2024). The successful applicants will work as part of the psychological service provision within the adult acute mental health wards and Psychiatric Intensive Care Units at Meadowbrook. The post holder will assist with a wide range of duties  - assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation. Duties may include the development of psychologically informed resources. The post holder will also be expected to assist clinicians in the preparation, delivery and evaluation of a variety of clinical, training and research tasks. The post holder will act under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist and will receive regular supervision. Please note this vacancy may close early once sufficient applications are received. ## Job Description This role will involve, under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist, completing biopsychosocial assessments and psychological formulations with service users and staff members. They will co-facilitate psychologically informed groups along with colleagues from other professional groups such as nursing and Occupational Therapy. The successful applicants will be involved in service development, evaluation and audit relating to the Psychology service. There will also be opportunity for co-facilitation of training to multidisciplinary colleagues. ## Responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification Staff benefits ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively - Flexible and adaptable approach to work - Ability to demonstrate the Trust values within all aspects of clinical and other work - There is an occasional requirement to travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role. ### Knowledge **Essential** - An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities. - An understanding of psychology applied to mental health care. - Knowledge of engagement approaches and clinical assessment skills required for presentations typical of Acute Care settings. **Desirable** - Knowledge of risk assessment and formulation - Knowledge of legislation and good practice guidelines relevant to inpatient care ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with people with mental health problems - Experience of working under supervision and liaising with other healthcare workers **Desirable** - Experience of working with service users with complex, risky presentations - Experience of working within an inpatient setting - Experience of using assessment skills - Experience of delivering psychologically informed interventions - Experience of delivering training ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - High level of communication skills both written and verbal including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive. - Ability to communicate sensitive information to service users, carers and colleagues in an appropriate way - Ability to produce reports under supervision to a high standard - An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to the service context - An ability to communicate effectively with other members of the multidisciplinary team and wider stakeholders - Ability to use IT programmes including Microsoft word, adobe and excel. **Desirable** - Ability to conduct biopsychosocial assessments with individuals with mental health difficulties - Ability to use assessment information to develop psychologically informed formulations with individuals with mental health difficulties - Ability to deliver training to non-psychology colleagues ### Training and Qualifications **Essential** - An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology - Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society **Desirable** - Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis. ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 149.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1479) - [privacy notice (pdf, 368.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1726) - [dbs policy statement (pdf, 111.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=935) - [foundation trust membership (pdf, 85.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1477) - [important candidate information (pdf, 178.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931) - [salary on appointment guidelines (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1478) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 272.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=8841719) - [guidance on the pre-employment checks procedure (doc, 35.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=933) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.