Band 4 Assistant Psychologist- Neurodevelopmental Team

Job summary

We are rapidly expanding our Neurodevelopmental offer to the children and young people of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) and now Leicestershire Partnership Trust (LPT) have the fabulous opportunity to grow our team to positively impact the experience for children, young people and their families.

This post is part of the ongoing The Neurodevelopment (ND) Improvement Programme that has set out to improve the outcomes of children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by identifying the resources committed to their diagnosis and care, agreeing opportunities for improvement and implementing new delivery, finance and workforce models.

Successful candidates will be joining an ambitious and passionate multi-disciplinary team of clinical and administrative colleagues feeding into the ND programme. Post holders will need to have the skills and character to consistently deliver high quality care and work creatively at pace with colleagues with our CYP and families at the centre.

We take pride in the versatility of our skill mix within the team and seek results in utilising a variety of competencies.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will be at the core of the exciting work and improvements for our local population; working to make a significant impact to reducing the waiting list and improving access to support for CYP.

• To support and enhance the professional psychological care of service users with the Neurodevelopmental Service
• To assist in conducting audits, literature reviews, collecting data, employing statistics to analyse data, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
• The post holder will be expected to develop and maintain databases of information relating to these projects.
• To provide standardised psychological assessment and intervention under the clinical supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
• Work to be closely supervised by a qualified clinical psychologist and goals to be agreed and reviewed at intervals.
• The post requires the provision of psychological assessments and interventions agreed by and under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
• There is a requirement to undertake mandatory training as listed on ULearn.
• The post holder needs to be aware of risk, and to assess/manage this dynamic risk, on an ongoing basis.

We are very excited for the future of our ND offer within LLR.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

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

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