Assistant Psychologist

at  Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Assistant Psychologist, who is highly skilled in working with children and young people, to work within the Child Psychology Team in Bradford Hospital’s Clinical Health Psychology service. The post holder will work as a member of two established multidisciplinary teams, within Bradford Clinical Health Psychology and CDC services, providing specialist assessments of autism spectrum conditions (ASC), to children and young people aged 0-7y, and specialist therapeutic input to children and young people with diagnoses of long term physical health conditions.
Within the ASC pathway, the role will involve offering support to children and their parents/carers during the ASC assessment processes, the delivery of observations in education and home settings, undertaking a variety of assessments with clinical oversight from a qualified Clinical Psychologist, and providing follow-up support after assessment/diagnosis.
Within the General Paediatrics pathway, the role will involve delivering psychological support to children and young people with long term health conditions, supporting individual and group interventions, and service evaluations.
Fluency in languages such as Urdu and Punjabi would be advantageous. Clinical Health Psychology has an excellent reputation for the services we offer, and we place a high value on supporting continuing professional development, clinical supervision and personal support.
The post holder will work as a member of established multidisciplinary teams, within Bradford Clinical Health Psychology and CDC services. The teams provide specialist assessments of autism spectrum conditions (ASC), to children and young people aged 0-7y, and specialist therapeutic input to children and young people with diagnoses of long term physical health conditions, including those under the care of Rheumatology, Respiratory and Palliative Care services.
To work within a multidisciplinary ASC assessment team to assist in assessment, to offer support to children and their parents/carers during the assessment processes, the delivery of observations in education and home settings, undertaking a variety assessments, with clinical oversight from a qualified Clinical Psychologist, and follow-up support after assessment/diagnosis.
To work within teams delivering psychological support to children and young people with long term health conditions, to support individual and group interventions, and service evaluations.
The post holder will work independently according to a plan agreed with their supervisor and within the overall framework of local policies and procedures.
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
We value people
We are one team
We care
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Please refer the Job description for details