Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Psychologist

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an assistant psychologist to work with the Deputy Director for the Psychological Professions in LYPFT, a mental health Trust in Leeds. The Deputy Director is also Chair of the North East & Yorkshire Psychological Professions Network, so the successful candidate will support workstreams in both areas where ultimately the focus is on workforce development, training and leadership, with the aim of ensuring that all health and care is informed and transformed by embedding psychological knowledge and practice.

Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will need experience of working as an assistant, please do not apply without this, and will be supporting the implementation of the Psychological Professions Strategy in LYPFT, and activity of the North East and Yorkshire PPN. The work will involve working alongside a range of staff and other stakeholders, preparing reports and bulletins, audit and evaluation. You will need to be confident in your communications skills,

working with other people and remote working as required. The previous two post holders have made successful applications to clinical training and this role has emphasis on developing leadership skills.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net

Date posted

27 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year Per Annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-46423-COR

Job locations

St Mary’s house

Leeds

LS7 3JX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applications from people with BAME backgrounds are particularly welcome

The Trust supports a number of assistant psychology posts which provides a rich internal network. In addition, Leeds continues to be a diverse and exciting city to work in.

You must have Graduate Basis Chartered Membership (GMC) with the BPS to be offered this post. To maintain anonymity at shortlisting, proof of this will be requested as necessary after application and before interview. You will be asked to forward a confirmation email from the BPS by the recruitment team if you pass to this stage. Interview. Please ensure this is available as time scales will be short and interview will be withdrawn if proof is not available.

Interviews will take place Tuesday 25th July 2023 via teams or zoom

**Please note any correspondence following application will be sent via trac.jobs & the Trust's Resourcing Team**

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applications from people with BAME backgrounds are particularly welcome

The Trust supports a number of assistant psychology posts which provides a rich internal network. In addition, Leeds continues to be a diverse and exciting city to work in.

Interviews will take place Tuesday 25th July 2023 via teams or zoom

**Please note any correspondence following application will be sent via trac.jobs & the Trust's Resourcing Team**

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Honours degree in Psychology upper second class or higher or Post grad qualification obtaining eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC).with the BPS

Experience

Essential

Prior experience as an assistant psychologist
Experience in engaging people in groups or in audit/evaluation work

Skills

Essential

Demonstrates a positive approach to service users

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Honours degree in Psychology upper second class or higher or Post grad qualification obtaining eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC).with the BPS

Experience

Essential

Prior experience as an assistant psychologist
Experience in engaging people in groups or in audit/evaluation work

Skills

Essential

Demonstrates a positive approach to service users

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Mary’s house

Leeds

LS7 3JX

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Mary’s house

Leeds

LS7 3JX

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)