Clinical Associate Psychologist

Job overview

Job Overview

A Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP) is a member of the Psychology Department who works as an semi-autonomous practitioner within an agreed scope of practice in an identified clinical team, under the direct supervision of an HCPC registered, qualified Practitioner Psychologist.

CAPs work as scientist practitioners and use psychological knowledge, research and theory to reduce psychological distress and to enhance psychological wellbeing. Their interventions are informed, but not wholly determined, by problem-specific treatment protocols, adapted using the developing evidence base, applied service research and evaluation to formulate interventions, in conjunction with their clinical supervisor.

CAPs provide a specialist mental health service for patients / service users of the identified team in which they are based. They also work together across service boundaries to provide consultation, supervision, training and service development to the wider Trust. They provide psychological expertise and support to the teams through research to Master’s level, service evaluation and the dissemination of outcome measures.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a range of psychological treatments working within their scope of practice, reporting to an HCPC registered practitioner Psychologist for supervision of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• Work with individuals and groups to provide psychological intervention where a timely intervention is likely to be efficacious.
• Use psychological measurement tools to evaluate psychological treatments and improve the quality of clinical practice to complement the work of Clinical Psychologists.
• Deliver treatment interventions developed with a Practitioner Psychologist who will review their practice through supervision.
• Act as a psychological resource providing support, advice, supervision and training using psychological models to the local and wider teams.
• Work from a range of settings including community, patient’s home, inpatient, online and telephone settings.
• Understand and communicate a rationale for how psychological problems develop and are maintained using psychological knowledge and formulation skills including but not limited to cognitive, developmental and trauma-based models.
• Understand fundamentals of psychometric principles to guide the use of standardised tools with specific populations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.