Job summary This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist aspiring to a career in psychology. The Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma (CADAT) is an outpatient psychological therapies clinic which specialises in assessing and treating people with anxiety disorders using CBT. We take great pride in our work and treat local and national patients across a range of severities, to a very high standard. Prospective candidates should be able to demonstrate an excellent academic track record, good organisational and communication skills, and the ability to assist in clinically related administration. We are seeking eager and creative individuals who will be directly involved in the running of the clinic and who are interested in pursuing a career in psychology. The post will include both clinical and administrative parts and the applicant will be required to demonstrate abilities in both areas. Do please contact Dr Blake Stobie, Head of Service (blake.stobieslam.nhs.uk) should you wish to discuss this post further. Main duties of the job The post holder's duties will include tasks which are predominantly clinical/clinical administrative and others which are predominantly organizational/administrative/reception duties in a clinic serving patients with specific anxiety disorders. We expect there to be a roughly 50/50 split between these broad groups of tasks. The successful applicant will be offered supervision by a qualified clinical psychologist and will have opportunities to observe treatment sessions and conduct clinical assessments under supervision. The applicant will ensure that systems are in place and working effectively to support service delivery, including monitoring of outcomes across primary, secondary and tertiary care. About us The Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma's remit includes the delivery and dissemination of empirically validated cognitive-behavioural treatments for panic disorder, specific phobias, social phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder. The clinic provides a model of best practice in the integration of research, development and clinical treatment. Most of the treatments delivered are considered to be at the cutting edge of developments in the field. The clinic is primarily an NHS treatment service for people with anxiety disorders. Some research is also done at the clinic, with a focus on identifying maintaining cognitive factors in anxiety disorders, enhancing the effectiveness of existing cognitive therapies, evaluating how well these programmes generalise, reducing the therapist time required for treatment without loss of effectiveness, developing and implementing effective programmes for training others, and identifying key change processes in cognitive therapy. Please see the following websites for further information: https://slam.nhs.uk/service-detail/service/centre-for-anxiety-disorders-and-trauma-112/ Date posted 27 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 4 Salary £31,944 to £34,937 a year per annum incl. of inner HCAs Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 334-CLI-6930119 Job locations Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma 99 Denmark Hill London SE5 8AZ Job description Job responsibilities 1) The postholder will set up, update and maintain clinical databases relevant for outcomes, activity and patient flow through the clinic and produce reports for a variety of purposes as needed. 2) The postholder will observe assessment and treatments in the clinic and contribute to aspects of treatment delivery and clinical administration (e.g. session notes; assessment reports) under close supervision of a qualified therapist/their supervisor. 3) The post holder will work with the senior administrator in CADAT and contribute to numerous clinical administration tasks as required including communicating effectively with service users, carers, therapists, administrators and research staff and wider members of the healthcare system as required by phone, email or in person; uploading care plans; processing new referrals (eg entering demographic and referral data; liaising with referrers and our Patient Funding Team as necessary); discharging patients at end of treatment; setting up new employees and trainees on internal systems (e.g. access to the shared drive; to clinical record systems); processing Data Protection requests in order to meet deadlines and comply with the legal timeframe; ordering and tracking supplies. 4) The postholder will fulfil in-person administrative duties in the main admin office as required. This will include joining a weekly rota of reception desk and phone duties on specific days (9am-5pm), as well as covering lunchtimes, annual leave or as advised by the senior administrator 5) The postholder will be required to travel to home visits, multi-disciplinary meetings, community placements and psychology meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required. 6) The postholder may be asked to administer questionnaires and conduct assessments with service users, under appropriate supervision. 7) The postholder will use Qualtrics and other programs to ensure the timely and accurate distribution of questionnaire and other materials related to assessment and research. The postholder will ensure that assessments are complete and outcome measures are stored in electronic data bases and added to electronic patient records at appropriate time points. 8) The postholder will monitor treatment waiting lists, coordinate the activity of the clinic staff and therapists and assist with patient allocation to therapists in the clinic. 9) The postholder will participate in the consultation and engagement of service users in the planning and delivering services as required and may be able to contribute to the setting up of a service user involvement register, its maintenance and communication with its members. 10) The post holder will be able to contribute to, with close supervision, the setting up and running of psychoeducation groups for people on the clinics waiting list dependent on service needs. 11) The postholder will participate in demonstrating work methods to newly recruited (honorary) Assistant Psychologists, interns and honorary psychologists as required, and will to support their development of necessary skills 12) The postholder will be expected to maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry, and to maintain data bases and enter data, and perform analyses and produce reports. 13) The postholder will assist in the design and implementation of audit, research and development projects to inform the service. This will include undertaking data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes, searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist in the development in the Trust of evidence based practice, and conducting surveys with service users and carers to gather views on service provision as required. 14) The postholder will be required to respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (e.g. challenging behaviour) and to support others involved in such situations. 15) The postholder will help maintain and update CADATs twitter account. 16) The postholder will be responsible for monitoring completion of key performance indicators (KPIs) by the team and support clinicians in achieving target completion rates for the service as required by the Trust. 17) The postholder will act in a manner that supports a psychologically informed framework for the service, and participate in the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities. 18) The postholder will follow policies and procedures in their own area of work. 19) The postholder will receive supervision from a qualified therapist in the service and attend fortnightly group supervision led by clinical psychology trainees. 20) The postholder will ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures. 21) The post holder will contribute to allocating clinical observations to trainees and assistant psychologists in the service 22) The post holder will be responsible for keeping an inventory of and tracking IT equipment allocated to staff and manage room bookings for staff 23) The post holder will, following appropriate training, act as fire warden and/or health and safety champion and collate regular audit information in relation to these rolls. Job description Job responsibilities 1) The postholder will set up, update and maintain clinical databases relevant for outcomes, activity and patient flow through the clinic and produce reports for a variety of purposes as needed. 2) The postholder will observe assessment and treatments in the clinic and contribute to aspects of treatment delivery and clinical administration (e.g. session notes; assessment reports) under close supervision of a qualified therapist/their supervisor. 3) The post holder will work with the senior administrator in CADAT and contribute to numerous clinical administration tasks as required including communicating effectively with service users, carers, therapists, administrators and research staff and wider members of the healthcare system as required by phone, email or in person; uploading care plans; processing new referrals (eg entering demographic and referral data; liaising with referrers and our Patient Funding Team as necessary); discharging patients at end of treatment; setting up new employees and trainees on internal systems (e.g. access to the shared drive; to clinical record systems); processing Data Protection requests in order to meet deadlines and comply with the legal timeframe; ordering and tracking supplies. 4) The postholder will fulfil in-person administrative duties in the main admin office as required. This will include joining a weekly rota of reception desk and phone duties on specific days (9am-5pm), as well as covering lunchtimes, annual leave or as advised by the senior administrator 5) The postholder will be required to travel to home visits, multi-disciplinary meetings, community placements and psychology meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required. 6) The postholder may be asked to administer questionnaires and conduct assessments with service users, under appropriate supervision. 7) The postholder will use Qualtrics and other programs to ensure the timely and accurate distribution of questionnaire and other materials related to assessment and research. The postholder will ensure that assessments are complete and outcome measures are stored in electronic data bases and added to electronic patient records at appropriate time points. 8) The postholder will monitor treatment waiting lists, coordinate the activity of the clinic staff and therapists and assist with patient allocation to therapists in the clinic. 9) The postholder will participate in the consultation and engagement of service users in the planning and delivering services as required and may be able to contribute to the setting up of a service user involvement register, its maintenance and communication with its members. 10) The post holder will be able to contribute to, with close supervision, the setting up and running of psychoeducation groups for people on the clinics waiting list dependent on service needs. 11) The postholder will participate in demonstrating work methods to newly recruited (honorary) Assistant Psychologists, interns and honorary psychologists as required, and will to support their development of necessary skills 12) The postholder will be expected to maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry, and to maintain data bases and enter data, and perform analyses and produce reports. 13) The postholder will assist in the design and implementation of audit, research and development projects to inform the service. This will include undertaking data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes, searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist in the development in the Trust of evidence based practice, and conducting surveys with service users and carers to gather views on service provision as required. 14) The postholder will be required to respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (e.g. challenging behaviour) and to support others involved in such situations. 15) The postholder will help maintain and update CADATs twitter account. 16) The postholder will be responsible for monitoring completion of key performance indicators (KPIs) by the team and support clinicians in achieving target completion rates for the service as required by the Trust. 17) The postholder will act in a manner that supports a psychologically informed framework for the service, and participate in the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities. 18) The postholder will follow policies and procedures in their own area of work. 19) The postholder will receive supervision from a qualified therapist in the service and attend fortnightly group supervision led by clinical psychology trainees. 20) The postholder will ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures. 21) The post holder will contribute to allocating clinical observations to trainees and assistant psychologists in the service 22) The post holder will be responsible for keeping an inventory of and tracking IT equipment allocated to staff and manage room bookings for staff 23) The post holder will, following appropriate training, act as fire warden and/or health and safety champion and collate regular audit information in relation to these rolls. Person Specification Qualifications Essential A First-class or Upper-second-class Bachelors degree with Honours in Psychology. Eligible for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society. Experience Essential Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis. Good theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by adults with anxiety, and of methods of assessment and treatment. Sufficient experience of psychological assessment and treatment of anxious adults to be able to work clinically with close direct supervision. Experience of conducting research projects or audits. Experience of using SPSS, Access and Qualtrics Desirable Knowledge of NHS Mental Health services, particularly psychological therapy services and related information systems (particularly in terms of clinical /administrative processes) Academic publication(s) Minute keeping for clinical and team meetings Post-graduate experience of conducting research projects or audits. Knowledge / skills Essential Skills in relevant psychological assessment and interventions that enable working as a pre-qualified practitioner with close clinical supervision. Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, information to clients, families and colleagues. Skills in providing and supporting teaching and training provided by psychologists or others to other professional groups. Well-developed, strong IT skills including entry and analysis of research data, SPSS, Qualtrics, Access and Excel. Self-motivated, enthusiastic and with a high standard of personal performance Person Specification Qualifications Essential A First-class or Upper-second-class Bachelors degree with Honours in Psychology. Eligible for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society. Experience Essential Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis. Good theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by adults with anxiety, and of methods of assessment and treatment. Sufficient experience of psychological assessment and treatment of anxious adults to be able to work clinically with close direct supervision. Experience of conducting research projects or audits. Experience of using SPSS, Access and Qualtrics Desirable Knowledge of NHS Mental Health services, particularly psychological therapy services and related information systems (particularly in terms of clinical /administrative processes) Academic publication(s) Minute keeping for clinical and team meetings Post-graduate experience of conducting research projects or audits. Knowledge / skills Essential Skills in relevant psychological assessment and interventions that enable working as a pre-qualified practitioner with close clinical supervision. Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, information to clients, families and colleagues. Skills in providing and supporting teaching and training provided by psychologists or others to other professional groups. Well-developed, strong IT skills including entry and analysis of research data, SPSS, Qualtrics, Access and Excel. Self-motivated, enthusiastic and with a high standard of personal performance 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Employer details Employer name South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Address Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma 99 Denmark Hill London SE5 8AZ Employer's website https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)