Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

Assistant Psychologist - Adult Learning Disabilities - Part Time - 30 Hours per Week

We are looking for a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to work in the Learning Disability Intensive Support Team (IST) within North Staffs Combined Healthcare Trust. The post will be supervised by a senior Clinical Psychologist and allows the opportunity to also support work within our Assessment & Treatment inpatient service.

The IST is a multi-disciplinary team comprising Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Support Workers and Speech and Language therapists. We offer intensive, evidence-based interventions to adults with Learning Disabilities who are at risk of placement breakdown or hospital admission.

We provide excellent clinical supervision and support and offer a wide range of CPD opportunities and a varied range of clinical and administrative duties.

The role will be varied and offer the successful applicant opportunities to develop a range of skills within a supportive service. We are keen to recruit clinicians who are passionate about the field of learning disabilities with a commitment to collaborative MDT working.

To join our friendly and supportive Trust please submit an early application as there is an upper limit to the number of applications accepted.

Main duties of the job

The post holder may be required to undertake any of the duties specified in the key result areas noted below. The relative priority and time allocated to each of the duties/key result areas will be determined by reference to service needs and may vary in the light of prevailing service priorities and requirements.

Clinical:

Utilising assessment techniques directly with clients and families, collecting information from the wider MDT and sometimes external agencies involved in the client's care as appropriate.

Assists qualified psychologists in the scoring, analysis, interpretation and reporting of psychological assessments undertaken with clients and others.

Under the clinical supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist, delivers or supports psychologically informed interventions. These will be developed or guided by the qualified psychologist or otherwise defined by protocol, for individual clients and for families/carers.

If required, and under the clinical supervision of a qualified psychologist, assists in the planning, development, co-ordination and delivery of therapeutic groups, including for example group approaches to the management of anxiety, low mood, or emotional regulation psycho-educational group approaches. Acts as co-therapist with qualified psychologist, other Assistant Psychologist or other designated clinician and as appropriate runs groups in accordance with agreed protocol.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Hope Centre

Stoke-on-Trent

ST1 2BX

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Hope Centre

Stoke-on-Trent

ST1 2BX

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

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