We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated psychology graduate to work alongside an experienced Principal Counselling Psychologist in the Adult Community Psychological Service across South East Essex. The role is a rare opportunity to support and enable a psychologist with a visual impairment, which in turn offers the successful candidate diverse experience of working in a NHS psychology team. This exciting post provides an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic and dedicated team. The role is largely admin based but all work is founded in clinical practice.
The Adult Community Psychological service provides a specialist mental health service to the South Essex locality. Services aim to enhance the capacity to deliver psychological therapies and to utilise psychological skills within MDTs. Services have undergone influential restructuring processes to enhance the capacity to deliver psychological therapies and to utilise psychological skills within MDTs. The established Clinical Director of Psychological Services works closely with the senior management team to develop and improve delivery of psychological therapies, and to enable psychologists to develop and implement their leadership skills. This provides an environment for Psychological Services staff to develop their skills through high quality supervision and a supported CPD programme.
The Graduate Psychologist support worker will work alongside an identified counselling psychologist providing an Adult Community Psychological Service to the Recovery and Wellbeing Teams (RWT) and in other aspects of their leadership. The RWT delivers care plans aligned to recovery focused outcomes to clients with longer term needs. Psychologists provide direct client contact in the form of assessment and treatment, as well as providing consultation and supervision to other professionals.
The post-holder should have a passion for developing their clinical/research skills, and be keen to work flexibly and in a variety of settings. You will be expected to support a qualified psychologist in the preparation and facilitation of group therapy programs and the delivery of specific components of clinical treatment. The role will offer shadowing experiences as well as assisting with report writing, clinical note keeping and managing databases. There will be notable opportunity to gain experience of working in a multidisciplinary team, witnessing the liaison with allied professionals, experiencing how psychologists contribute to the sharing of psychological knowledge and case discussion. Remaining time will include attending referrals meetings with the locality psychologist, engage in departmental forums and providing transport between sites as needed. Your work will be closely supervised by the locality psychologist, you will therefore also gain experience of the supervisory process.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
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What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
This is an excellent opportunity for a psychology graduate aiming to secure an assistant psychologist post or undertake doctoral postgraduate training in clinical or counselling psychology in the future.
CPD & Links with Universities
We hold the development of people within our department as crucial to delivering key targets for the service and the Trust. The Service enjoys good links with and supervises clinical psychology trainees from the University of East Anglia, University of Essex, University of Hertfordshire, University of East London and University College London training schemes. Clinical research, teaching and specialised interests are actively encouraged. As well as formal courses, members of the department have enjoyed secondments and placements at several centres of excellence. Current members of the department are clinical tutors on training courses, hold honorary lecturer and fellowship positions and are actively involved with special interest groups at the DCP.
Flexibility & Career Development
The Trust is a family friendly employer. We would be happy to explore options of part-time employment, or sessions being undertaken in a way that would meet the needs of both the Clinician and the Trust. We are in a fortunate position of being able to offer exciting posts linked to CPD with clear career paths which have allowed several clinicians to stay with us through to Consultant level. The Trust operates a voucher scheme for childcare, which can allow significant savings on tax with respect to these costs.
We welcome you to join us in shaping these services, as we believe that by investing in the development of our staff member’s careers, we are able to strengthen our services so as to provide the best quality care for our service users.
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Feb 2025