About this role
Job summary
Assistant Clinical Psychologist - Band 5
Part Time - 30 hours per week, permanent
We have an exciting vacancy for a part-time (30 hours per week) Assistant Clinical Psychologist to workwithin our very welcoming and friendly, research active, large and ever-growing North Staffs Neuropsychology (NSN) team. The postholder will work at The Bennett Centre, within our Neurocommunity and long-COVID outpatient services, employed by North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, a CQC-rated 'Outstanding' Mental Health Trust. The post is available due to the current postholder gaining a place on Clinical Psychology doctoral training (we have an excellent record of assistants progressing onto clinical training).
There is some flexibility to allow home working at times, depending on service need. The post holder will receive weekly clinical supervision from a senior, principal or consultant psychologist/neuropsychologist, and be part of a large, supportive team of psychologists. There is opportunity for teaching, research, clinical audit and CPD.
Main duties of the job
Core features of the roles will include:
Working alongside a Senior Psychologist/Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Multi-Disciplinary Team to provide high quality psychological formulation and intervention for patients
Administration and scoring of neuropsychological assessments, screening tools and outcome measures
Providing structured interventions under the supervision of a Psychologist/Neuropsychologist
Working with people who have complex needs which can present/lead to challenging situations or behaviours and risk.
Assistance with service development and evaluation
Supporting psychologists to offer group interventions
Previous experience of working with adults with physical, cognitive or mental health problems is essential.
Previous experience of working in a multidisciplinary team would be an advantage.
In person and online patient appointments in addition to telephone triaging of new referrals.
About us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.
Job description Job responsibilities
Assist in the delivery of neuropsychologically-informed assessment, rehabilitation and psychological support Post-holders will work under the supervision of a Senior, Principal or Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist. Post holders will be expected to deliver test materials and to be able to concentrate for long periods of time to complete assessments, score and write up the results. Post holder may be required to work with clients who are highly distressed, anxious or hostile and will experience sensitive situations frequently. The client group will include people with a range of organically induced behaviour management disorders. Working independently to a plan agreed with a psychologist/neuropsychologist To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits and projects, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work. Managing own workload with support from a psychologist/neuropsychologist to identify priorities Good organisational skills as well as ability to work to deadlines and produce good quality work is required The ability to cope with psychologically distressing patient information is essential
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
A first or upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology
Desirable
Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
Qualifications Essential
Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Experience Essential
Paid work providing direct care to patients in a medical setting. Experience of working with people with serious traumatic brain injury. Capacity to and experience of administering complex psychometric tests and to use psychological equipment in accordance with standardised timing, stimulus presentation and response monitoring requirements Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Address Bennett Centre
Stoke-on-Trent
ST1 4ND
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)