Job summary
We
are advertising for two Assistant Psychologists; one post to work in the
neuropsychology section and the other post to work into the Trauma,
Orthopaedics, Plastics and Prosthetics Team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Assistant
Psychologists to join the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The successful candidate will have the
opportunity to engage in a range of clinical and research activities, which
will include direct therapeutic work with patients who are living with long
term health conditions, those who have experienced traumatic injury or those
who have neuropsychological difficulties.
Expected Shortlisting
Date
31/10/2024
Planned Interview
Date
21/11/2024
Main duties of the job
We welcome applications from individuals who
have an interest in working in a clinical health setting. The successful
candidate will be required to work alongside Clinical Psychologists from
different health specialities. Duties may involve clinical assessment,
including administering and scoring psychological tests, and delivering
short-term therapeutic interventions with patients. Other duties include data
collection and analysis as related to research projects and supporting in the
development of research proposals and writing papers for publication.
About us
The
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology is a large team made up of
Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Counsellors and Therapists. In
joining the Department you would have the opportunity to work alongside
different professionals and gain some experience of different speciality
areas, as well as receiving regular supervision from a qualified member of
staff. In addition, there will be opportunities to participate in
department-wide Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and to contribute to other
activities that support and enhance patient experience.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
undertake clinical assessment and deliver short term interventions with
patients under one of the specialist areas (Surgical and Rehabilitation
services, Medicine, Neuropsychology). There will be a range of clinical,
research and service development responsibilities. Clinical duties may include
providing low intensity, short-term therapeutic intervention to patients with
long term health conditions, traumatic injury and or neuropsychological
difficulties. Research and service evaluation duties include administering and
scoring psychological tests; assessment of participants enrolled in research
studies; maintenance of databases; data collection and analysis; and assistance
with writing papers and research proposals. This will include the use of a
database (Excel); advanced systematic literature searches and retrieval; data
collection, data entry and liaison with a variety of professions. The appointee
will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist.
PLEASE
SEE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
undertake clinical assessment and deliver short term interventions with
patients under one of the specialist areas (Surgical and Rehabilitation
services, Medicine, Neuropsychology). There will be a range of clinical,
research and service development responsibilities. Clinical duties may include
providing low intensity, short-term therapeutic intervention to patients with
long term health conditions, traumatic injury and or neuropsychological
difficulties. Research and service evaluation duties include administering and
scoring psychological tests; assessment of participants enrolled in research
studies; maintenance of databases; data collection and analysis; and assistance
with writing papers and research proposals. This will include the use of a
database (Excel); advanced systematic literature searches and retrieval; data
collection, data entry and liaison with a variety of professions. The appointee
will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist.
PLEASE
SEE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working directly with service users in a health care or other relevant setting.
Desirable
- Experience of working in health psychology.
Practical skills or Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a health care team.
- High-level of developed communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate with medical and nursing staff.
- Experience using computers for creation and management of databases or data-analysis, especially Excel and SPSS for Windows
Desirable
- Skills in the administration and scoring of complex neuropsychological and psychological tests, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in Psychology.
- Entitlement to Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, neuropsychology and/or research design and analysis.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working directly with service users in a health care or other relevant setting.
Desirable
- Experience of working in health psychology.
Practical skills or Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a health care team.
- High-level of developed communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate with medical and nursing staff.
- Experience using computers for creation and management of databases or data-analysis, especially Excel and SPSS for Windows
Desirable
- Skills in the administration and scoring of complex neuropsychological and psychological tests, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in Psychology.
- Entitlement to Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, neuropsychology and/or research design and analysis.
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.
