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Job requirements
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Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Car driver with independent means of transport for work purposes and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
- Experience
Computer literate including web-based and database-management skills
- Experience
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing; complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Experience
Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients and learn to offer psycho-education/psychotherapy to suitable clients in a manner consistent with the service
- Experience
Ability to manage own clinical practice, caseload and time, with supervision
- Experience
Ability to participate and undertake audit evaluation and research (Completed clinical audits within a service).
- Experience
Ability to function in a largely autonomous fashion, subject to suitable supervision
- Experience
Appropriate understanding of confidentiality in a mental health context
- Experience
Experience of working with people within mental health needs
- Experience
Ability to meet agreed / specified service targets working in a manner consistent with the service needs
- Experience
Experience of working and liaising with other professional groups
- Experience
Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary team or within a team environment
- Experience
Evidence of working in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Experience
Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting
- Qualifications
Minimum 2:2 Honours undergraduate degree in Psychology
- Qualifications
Evidence of adhering to a relevant code of ethics
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our newly transformed eating disorders service. The post holder will join a multi-disciplinary team working to provide good quality and compassionate care to people with eating disorders and their carers.
The role will support various pathways within the service under the supervision of qualified Psychologists and Psychological Therapists.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support with assessments and the delivery of group and individual interventions. They will have a key role in monitoring and auditing treatment outcomes and assisting with the development of new psychological treatment pathways within the service.
They will work as a valued member of the MDT, working alongside colleagues from a wide range of disciplines. The post holder will have access to supervision from a qualified Psychologist and line management from a senior colleague. They will be offered training and CPD opportunities within the mental health trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
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.
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This advert is for Higher Level Assistant Psychologist with Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust in Coventry, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Assistant psychologist role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Sep 2026.
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