Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an assistant psychologist to work within the Dementia Inpatient Service and Older Peoples Mental Health Inpatient Service at the Mount in Leeds. There are 2 posts, with each post holder working onto 2 wards - either the mental health wards or the wards for people living with dementia. The post holders will work alongside an existing group of qualified psychological professionals already embedded into the ward team. The ward teams work as an MDT with Nurses, Doctors, MPACS, OTs, Psychological Professionals, Speech and Language therapists, Physiotherapists and Dieticians. The Mount works to a model of person centred and compassionate care to help people re-establish independence and recovery.
The successful post holder will need hands on experience of working with people in health care settings who experience mental health difficulties or have cognitive impairments. You need to be able to develop good report with older people and either have prior experience or enthusiasm for working with older people. The work will involve working alongside a range of staff, contributing to formulation, using outcome measures and taking on tasks that will be linked with service improvement initiatives. There is opportunity to get involved with delivery of training and the post holders will be supported to attend relevant CPD to the post.
Applications from people with BAME backgrounds are particularly welcome.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job will be supporting be working on to two of the four wards for older people, either dementia or mental health to support the psychological interventions provided on the wards. The assistant will support the formulation work, speaking to families and spending time with service users. They will have opportunity to do some neuro assessment and be supporting collection of outcome measures for the teams. There will be pieces of service development work that will also require obtaining feedback from service users and families. The assistant will support services users in accessing interventions that increase their wellbeing and support recovery. The post holder will be supervised closely by psychological professionals.
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological skills, including neurological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirectly structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
- To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
- To assist in the implementation of agreed therapy or care programmes on a clinical supervised basis.
- To assist in the preparation of service user reports and letters under the supervision of a clinical psychologist
Older Peoples Services in the Trust have a further three assistants working into other parts of the pathway. The Trust supports several assistant psychology posts which provides a rich internal network, including an aspiring psychologist forum. In addition, Leeds continues to be a diverse and exciting city to work in.
Informal enquiries to:-
Caroline Ispan on 07980 970608
Or Lesley Connors on lesley.connors@nhs.net
Or Gemma Dunning on 07929015322/ gemmadunning@nhs.net
You must have a degree eligible to hold 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. If you pass to the stage of shortlisting, you will be contacted by the recruitment team and asked to either forward a confirmation email from the BPS or a letter from your UK university confirming your degree meets the GBC requirements. Please ensure this proof is available as time scales will be short and interview will be withdrawn if proof is not available.
Interviews will take place at the Mount on Wednesday 13th September 2023 in person. Please ensure you are available.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological skills, including neurological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirectly structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
- To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
- To assist in the implementation of agreed therapy or care programmes on a clinical supervised basis.
- To assist in the preparation of service user reports and letters under the supervision of a clinical psychologist
Older Peoples Services in the Trust have a further three assistants working into other parts of the pathway. The Trust supports several assistant psychology posts which provides a rich internal network, including an aspiring psychologist forum. In addition, Leeds continues to be a diverse and exciting city to work in.
Informal enquiries to:-
Caroline Ispan on 07980 970608
Or Lesley Connors on lesley.connors@nhs.net
Or Gemma Dunning on 07929015322/ gemmadunning@nhs.net
You must have a degree eligible to hold 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. If you pass to the stage of shortlisting, you will be contacted by the recruitment team and asked to either forward a confirmation email from the BPS or a letter from your UK university confirming your degree meets the GBC requirements. Please ensure this proof is available as time scales will be short and interview will be withdrawn if proof is not available.
Interviews will take place at the Mount on Wednesday 13th September 2023 in person. Please ensure you are available.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology, or a post-graduate qualification e.g. Masters or Doctorate. Eligibility for GMC.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people in health care settings who have mental health needs or have cognitive impairments.
- Experience or shows positive interest in working with older people
Skills
Essential
- An ability to demonstrate effective interpersonal, communication skills and rapport with people experiencing mental health problems or cognitive impairment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology, or a post-graduate qualification e.g. Masters or Doctorate. Eligibility for GMC.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people in health care settings who have mental health needs or have cognitive impairments.
- Experience or shows positive interest in working with older people
Skills
Essential
- An ability to demonstrate effective interpersonal, communication skills and rapport with people experiencing mental health problems or cognitive impairment.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
