We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and highly motivated Assistant Psychologist to join our community team, which provides mental health services to adults in West Suffolk and is based in Newmarket. The post sits within a supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary team dedicated to the delivery of formulation driven, recovery focused interventions for people with a range of mental health difficulties. 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
Main duties are to support the delivery of psychologically-informed assessments, formulations and interventions to service users alongside psychologists and other colleagues under the close supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. There will be opportunities for group and individual work as well as data collection, audit and evaluation of exciting new developments in the delivery of psychologically informed interventions within the team. A good understanding of psychological models and their application, as well as data analysis and report writing skills is desirable.
Job responsibilities
1. Psychological assessment, formulation and intervention as appropriate under close supervision of clinical psychologist
2. Co-facilitating psychologically informed groups
3. Contributing to the practice of psychologically informed interventions within the team via teaching and developing resources
4. Evaluating outcomes and writing reports
*This role is pending job evaluation*
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.
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.
£26,530 to £29,114 a year gross per annum/pro rata
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