Assistant Psychologist

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

If so, we’d love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

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Job overview

It is an exciting time to join the team as we continue to develop our capacity to deliver formulation based, psychologically informed interventions in secondary care, while provision in primary care is also being expanded and developed.

Main duties of the job

A good understanding of psychological models and their application, as well as data analysis and report writing skills is desirable.

Working for our organisation

Colleagues support each other, and value each other’s contributions. You will feel an integral part of the multidisciplinary community team and enjoy relationships with psychology colleagues – including other assistants, trainees and Clinical Associate Psychologists - across local teams.

This post would be ideal for those who are considering applying to the Clinical Psychology Doctorate course. There is a strong commitment by the Clinical Psychologist to help prepare applicants for the Clinical Psychology Doctorate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main responsibilities to include:

Psychological assessment, formulation and intervention as appropriate under close supervision of clinical psychologist

Co-facilitating psychologically informed groups

Contributing to the practice of psychologically informed interventions within the team via teaching and developing resources

Evaluating outcomes and writing reports

*This role is based in a rural area with little public transport links- Use of own car and ability to travel independently is essential*

Person specification

Qualifications

• A BPS accredited degree in Psychology.

Experience

• Experience of quantitative research.
• Knowledge of mental health
• An understanding of psychology applied to health care.

• Experience of research in the NHS.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)

FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.

Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.