Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Assistant Psychologist to join our Clinical Health Psychology Service.

The post will work alongside Clinical Psychologists and Psychological Therapists working into Haematology Services in University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The psychologists are core team members and offer psychological care that is integrated into the care offered to patients by the medical multidisciplinary team.

You will need to be keen to work flexibly within a medical Multidisciplinary Team and have well developed interpersonal skills. You will need to be able to work with people who are sometimes quite physically unwell and be able to reflect on how you manage this.

As this is a senior Band 5 Assistant Psychologist role, applicants MUST have experience of working as a paid assistant psychologist or PWP, and preferably have some experience of working with issues connected to physical health. The hospital is a busy and vibrant setting to work in but also demands the ability to work flexibly and responsively. Your work will involve hybrid working.

Main duties of the job

Your role is to work alongside the psychologists to develop processes and interventions to enhance wellbeing, for patients and team members. Within the Haematology service, you will work within the Bone Marrow Transplant team and CAR-T service on projects, including the provision of screening across the transplant pathway and prehab for CAR-T.

As a part of this work, you will be evaluating interventions and assisting in some clinically relevant administration tasks. The work will involve working with patients directly and you will hold a small case load whilst being supported and supervised by the team psychologists.

The post will be managed and supervised by a psychologist or psychological therapist and will be supported by other psychologists working into the wider hospital. Within Clinical Health Psychology nationally, there are active interest groups and you will be encouraged to make connections with other national and regional centres to develop best practice within the hospital, make links with external stake holders and actively participate with the broader network. You will also be encouraged to make contact with other Assistant Psychologists within the hospital and join in with continuing professional development activity.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Princess Anne Hospital

Coxford Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 5YA

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Princess Anne Hospital

Coxford Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 5YA

Employer's website

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

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