Assistant Psychologist (Maternity Cover)
This is an exciting opportunity to join Dunnock View as an Assistant Psychologist on a 12-month maternity cover contract. You will be working with a dedicated team to make a real difference in the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society who have suffered trauma and are affected by mental health disorders.
Main duties of the job
As an Assistant Psychologist, you will assist with assessments, formulations, and treatment for the service users under the supervision of the Senior Psychologist. You will also be involved in clinically related administration, including conducting audits, collecting statistics, developing audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work. This role will allow you to develop specialist skills and progress your career in clinical psychology.
Job responsibilities
As an Assistant Psychologist, you will:
* Contribute to psychological assessments and formulations
* Facilitate psychological interventions on a 1:1 and/or group basis to service users, monitoring and reporting upon their effectiveness
* Assist in designing and delivering specialist training to others
* Assist with the delivery of reflective practice for staff
* Maintain clinical databases
* Complete outcome measures
* Write reports for various audiences
* Conduct service evaluation and other research tasks, including collecting, analyzing, and reporting statistics
* Undertake clinically relevant audits
To be successful in this role, you will have:
* A minimum of an upper second-class honours degree in Psychology conferring eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
* Experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist in a forensic and/or mental health setting
* Experience of maintaining office systems and undertaking administration tasks
* Creative thinking, clinical efficacy, and a strong commitment to working with evidence-based models of therapeutic intervention
* Good interpersonal and communication skills
* To meet professional practice expectations including the HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and the BPS code of ethics and conduct
What you will get:
* Annual salary of £26,000 Pro Rata
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave Pro Rata (including Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off!
* Subsidised meals
* Free parking
* Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
* Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
* Pension contribution to secure your future
* Life Assurance for added peace of mind
* Enhanced Maternity Package
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
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