Assistant Psychologist

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a motivated and dynamic Assistant Psychologist across our City Community Mental Health Teams in the Central Norfolk Locality

This posts will suit enthusiastic and motivated psychology graduates, ideally with post graduate clinical experience in the NHS, who can show an ability to work well within a multi-disciplinary team and passionate about the contribution of a psychological approach to multi-disciplinary care. Prior experience of working with adults with mental health difficulties would be an advantage, or evidence of significant transferrable skills. You will be part of a friendly and supportive clinical psychology and psychological therapies team, and there will good opportunities for professional development.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing time limited, focused psychological interventions, including co-facilitating group sessions, and work in a psychologically informed way alongside other members of the psychology team and wider MDT. There will be opportunities to contribute to team training and reflective practice, as well as involvement in service-related audits and evaluation relevant to service needs, under the supervision of a qualified member of staff.

The successful candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, good organisational skills, and the ability to build positive working relationships with service users and colleagues.

We have close relationships with the Clinical Psychology Doctorate training course at the University of East Anglia and routinely offer placements to trainee clinical psychologists. We also have an excellent research department in the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will join a supportive and proactive psychology team embedded within the wider CMHT and complex emotional needs pathway. A range of specialist skills and interests are represented in the psychology teams, including working with personality difficulties, trauma and dissociation, psychosis, using CBT, MBT, CAT, EMDR, and other evidence based interventions.

Please note that this vacancy may close ahead of the published expiry date so an early application will ensure that you don’t miss out on this opportunity.

Main responsibilities to include:

• Psychological assessment, formulation and intervention as appropriate under close supervision of a clinical psychologist
• Co-facilitating psychologically informed groups
• Contributing to the practice of psychologically informed interventions within the team via teaching and developing resources
• Contributing to service development projects
• Evaluating outcomes and writing reports

You will have:

• A BPS Accredited degree 2:1 or above in Psychology and Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) eligibility.
• Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties preferably in the NHS.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

***** Important information *****

For the first 250-300 words of your personal statement please explain why you are interested in working within the Adult Community Mental Health Team specifically and how you see the role of assistant psychologist in this context.

Your application may not be accepted if this essential element is not included.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.