Assistant Psychologist

Job overview

We are looking for 1 x Assistant Psychologist to help provide quality services for older people and people living with dementia in the Merseyside region. The role is as follows:

0.5 - Inpatient mental health ward for older people (Dunes Ward - Southport)

0.5 - Ward for people living with dementia (Fern Ward - Liverpool)

The successful applicant would be part of a large Psychology team, consisting of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists, with strong values related to person-centred care and human rights-based approaches.

Main duties of the job

We promote a ‘shared-team learning’ ethos with regular opportunities for CPD, reflective practice and group supervision.  We regularly have trainee psychologists on placement with us and we are proud of our links with the local clinical psychology training programme.  Each of the roles would also involve being part of a wider multi-disciplinary team; where you would be encouraged to champion psychological interventions and work in partnership within the wider teams.

You’ll also work to support people with a range of psychological issues by providing psychological assessment, therapy and interventions to service users and carers.  As a team we regularly utilise a broad range of models. We also routinely complete neuropsychological assessments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for someone with a strong commitment to social justice as we are committed to supporting people from socially disadvantaged communities and advocating for the needs of older people and people living with dementia. We are also looking for someone with excellent communication and people skills and a passion for improving the lives of clients and their families.

You may be expected to audit and evaluate a range of outcomes in terms of the benefit for service users, staff and the wider service. Furthermore, within the team, we are keen to encourage research submissions to relevant conferences and for publication.  An active interest in research and publication will therefore be an advantage.

We would encourage you to please state in your application which post(s) you are interested in and whether you are seeking full or part time hours.