Assistant Psychologist

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

AN OPPORTUNITY HAS ARISEN FOR AN ASSISTANT PSYCHOLOGIST TO JOIN THE YOUTH TEAM IN GREAT YARMOUTH AND WAVENEY. THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE SERVICE WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 14-25 AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE ARE A FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM AND ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER TO OFFER TREATMENT AND CARE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WE SUPPORT.

The role will involve working with young people with a range of complex presenting problems and will include direct therapeutic work. We offer an environment where you can learn and further develop your skills. Supervision will be available from within the team to support you. We have regular education sessions that are led by different members of the multi-disciplinary team and visiting professionals that aim to keep us all updated with the latest and best clinical knowledge. As a whole team we are keen to continue developing and to ensure that we are offering the best possible service to the young people we work with. We are looking for motivated people, with good interpersonal and communication skills, enthusiasm and drive, for working with children and their families whilst they are going through a difficult and stressful period in their lives, in terms of their mental health and well-being.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

We’re a very experienced group of professionals and are looking forward to welcoming new members of staff to the team. You can expect plenty of support, training and opportunities to develop and progress your career with us.
To support and enhance the professional psychological care of patients within the Directorate, across all aspects of care; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified clinical psychologist and within the overall
framework of the teams’ policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, teaching and project work.
To take part in research; to collect, input and analyse routine data and to report this to clinical teams, managers and others; to liaise with clinical teams across the directorate.
Under the direction of a practitioner to assist in care clustering in relation to Payment by Results on admission and discharge.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

To carry out protocol based psychological assessments of patients, including neuropsychological tests, self- report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi- structured interviews with patients and others involved in their care, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
To assist in the formulation and delivery of patient care involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a patient’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
Where required and appropriate, to assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
Where required and appropriate, to prepare psychology reports, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
Where required and appropriate, to attend and contribute to appropriate multi- disciplinary meetings.
To discharge statutory social care functions as delegated under section 75 agreement with Norfolk County Council for Service Users and Carers on behalf of the organisation.
To provide appropriate health and social care interventions according to service users recovery goals.
To assess health and social care needs as part of an integrated team, and
implement/commission packages of care where appropriate.