Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Assistant Psychologist

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Job summary

Assistant Psychologist - Fixed Term Contract for 12 months

We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist to help provide a specialist community psychology service for adults with a intellectual disabilities. The post is based within a Community Learning Disabilities Team, and will be primarily based in Lowestoft, but may include travel around North Suffolk. A driving licence is essential. You will be supervised and supported by a qualified psychologist, and will have regular opportunities for liaison with other colleagues.

Main duties of the job

You will assist in psychological assessment and treatment and will be involved in the design and implementation of a range of interventions with service users, families, carers and professionals. Training will be given as required, according to experience. This is a 12 month fixed term opportunity to work within a highly experienced multi-disciplinary NHS team.

Experience of working with this client group and of multi-disciplinary team is desirable, but not essential. We have close relationships with the training course at the University of East Anglia, offering placements and teaching on the course. We also have an excellent research department in the Trust.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Benefits included with this role are: -

  • NHS pension
  • Comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • Career progression
  • Opportunities for flexible working
  • Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days per annum based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • Staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more.

Details

Date posted

27 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year gross per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

246-GYW5645207

Job locations

Lothingland Community Unit

Airey Close

Lowesoft

NR32 3JQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

You will have:

  • A BPS Accredited degree in Psychology
  • Experience of working with people with learning disabilities and/or autism, or a strong interest in developing this
  • a UK driving licence

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will have:

  • A BPS Accredited degree in Psychology
  • Experience of working with people with learning disabilities and/or autism, or a strong interest in developing this
  • a UK driving licence

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A BPS accredited degree in Psychology.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of quantitative research.

Desirable

  • Experience of research in the NHS.

Skills

Essential

  • Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.

Desirable

  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues.
  • Presentation Skills.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A BPS accredited degree in Psychology.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of quantitative research.

Desirable

  • Experience of research in the NHS.

Skills

Essential

  • Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.

Desirable

  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues.
  • Presentation Skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Lothingland Community Unit

Airey Close

Lowesoft

NR32 3JQ


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Lothingland Community Unit

Airey Close

Lowesoft

NR32 3JQ


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Counselling Psychologist

Clive Hudson

clive.hudson@nsft.nhs.uk

01502535020

Details

Date posted

27 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year gross per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

246-GYW5645207

Job locations

Lothingland Community Unit

Airey Close

Lowesoft

NR32 3JQ


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