Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

This advert will close as sufficient applications are received and will not be able to accept late applications.

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join our well established multi-disciplinary Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities.

This post offers an excellent opportunity to work within a vibrant multidisciplinary team who work with adults with learning disabilities. You will be an integral member of a staff team who are passionate about improving the lives of people with learning disabilities, and are continually developing and implementing different approaches to meet peoples' needs.

You will be working in a thriving multi-disciplinary team which promotes the use of the broad range of skills acquired through experience and ongoing training. We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist who ideally has experience of working with people with learning disabilities and additional mental health needs.

Due to the travel involved, we can only welcome applications from people with a current valid driving license who have access to a vehicle for work-related purposes.

If you are interested in joining us please contact stephanie.santos@sabp.nhs.uk with any questions.

Main duties of the job

These CTPLD roles are promoting health and independence for people with learning disabilities by providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions, and assisting in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of outcome statistics, and/or other project work as appropriate under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist working within the service. Working within evidence based framework to provide accessible, non-stigmatising, localised service that contributes to the specialist health care of people with learning disabilities. You will be working on one of our clinical pathways (likely dementia assessment) and a vital part of the role will be to support the person with learning disabilities and their families/ support staff to ensure that people maintain a good quality of life.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unither House

Curfew Bell Road

Chertsey

KT16 9FG

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unither House

Curfew Bell Road

Chertsey

KT16 9FG

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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