Assistant Clinical Psychologist | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
We are seeking a highly motivated and committed individual to join our Central Wandsworth & West Battersea Integrated Recovery Hub
Central Wandsworth & West BatterseaIntegrated Recovery Hubs is one of four multidisciplinary Integrated Recovery Hubs (IRHs) in Wandsworth and provide specialist assessment, treatment and recovery work for adults with a wide variety of severe and enduring mental health difficulties.Although you will be based in one team, you will work across all the four IRHs who provide a centralised psychology service is Wandsworth.
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We offer in service training and development in Positive Behaviour Support approaches, systemic interventions, and reflective practice.
You will be responsible for supporting the provision of a systematic clinical psychology service within the context of a multidisciplinary team focussing on:
Psychology triages and assessments
Low intensity evidence based psychological interventions
Group work
Teaching, training and consultation to MDT
Service evaluation, audit and developmentquality improvement projects
Psychology waiting list management
Attending weekly psychology and team meetings
Joint working with team members
Chairing meetings and minute-taking
Development of psychology information leaflets
Attending weekly supervision with the team psychologist
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world.More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Clinical
Under appropriate supervision from a qualified Clinical Psychologist:
- To assist the qualified psychologists in carrying out psychological triages and assessments
- To assist in the formulation and delivery of low intensity psychological treatments and/or management of a client’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist in both community and out-patient settings.
- To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups.
- To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings, including referral, clinical and review meetings.
- To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
- To assist in the implementation and monitoring of treatment programmes in a way that is positive and respectful of clients’ and carers' needs.
- To assist in the compilation of assessment, update and discharge reports as required.
- To receive regular supervision from a qualified professional psychologist every week.
- To attend and participate in professional or multi-disciplinary meetings and training as required.
- To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post holder is employed.
- To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties
- To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.
- To assist, under supervision, in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.
- Tocontribute to the development of psychology information leaflets and promote the service to referrers and clients.
- To attend meetings, as appropriate, in which service developments are planned and discussed.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Oct 2024