Assistant Psychologist (NHS AfC: Band 4) - Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust – Leigh-on-Sea, Borough of Southend-on-Sea
We are seeking two Band 4 Assistant Psychologists to join our Inpatient Service and Home Based Treatment Team (1 post for each team). The successful candidates will work within their service to support and enhance the psychological care of people under the care of that team. This will be through the delivery of effective and evidence-based psychological interventions. An interest in working with people in crisis in inpatient or urgent care settings is essential. The successful candidates will work under the supervision of a qualified psychologist and will have access to relevant CPD opportunities. You will assist in the delivery of psychological interventions (1:1 and group), and clinically related administration, including clinical audit, service evaluation and research. You will also support the qualified psychologists in teaching and project work. Inpatient service working hours are 12pm – 8pm Mondays and Thursdays, 9am – 5pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday. Home Based Treatment Team working hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.
People who join our teams will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values people and their carers, in line with the culture of compassionate and trauma informed care, and will embrace the core values of GMMH. While candidate preference for the different services will be taken into account as much as possible, all candidates who come to interview will be considered for both positions and appointments made based on best fit for the service.
Key Responsibilities
1. To support qualified psychologists by undertaking psychological assessments of clients applying psychologically based psychometric tests, 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.
2. To assist in the formulation and delivery of interventions involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client's problems, under the supervision of a qualified practitioner psychologist, in both community and in-patient settings as appropriate to the specialty work.
3. Having received instruction through supervision, to provide one-to-one interventions with service users, working autonomously within the limits of this instruction and within personal competence.
4. To use a degree of initiative and work independently with service users on planned work, and to exercise judgement based on good practice (NICE guidance) and local operating procedures.
5. To work with potentially distressing material in relation to service users' personal histories and presentation, including risk to self and others.
6. Preparing agreed assessment reports accurately in the accepted format.
7. To coordinate and facilitate therapeutic groups.
8. Where required, to work with other staff to assess people's needs and review their records of care in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
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