Assistant Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will offer a high standard of evidence-based psychological care working within a specific service area, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist
• To assist the psychology team in gathering and recording clinical information to inform assessments and interventions
• To support registered psychologists in their delivery of interventions, including undertaking organisational and clinical administrative tasks.
• May assist in clinically related audits, surveys, collation and analysis of statistics/information
• To work independently according to a plan agreed with a registered psychologist and within the overall framework of the Trusts policies and procedures

Why work for us?

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides a broad range of community and inpatient mental health services, community services (including therapies), learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addiction services to approximately 600,000 people. The Trust has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. The Trust is also proud to be HSJ Award winners of Provider of the Year 2019.

We employ approximately 2,800 staff across more than 79 sites at locations throughout Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Whitby and Scarborough. We deliver Mental Health Services, Specialist Services for Children, Forensic Services, Community and Learning Disability Services, as well as having eight GP Practices across the locality.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - a multi-specialty health and social care teaching provider. We aim to be a leading provider of integrated health services, recognised for the care compassion and commitment of our staff and known as a great employer and a valued partner.

The Trust works closely with our academic partners, including Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and Hull University, nurturing and developing a workforce of doctors, nurses and other health and social care professionals of the future.

At Humber we believe our people are our greatest asset and therefore we are committed to developing, growing and rewarding our workforce. As an employee at Humber you will benefit from pay in line with Agenda for Change, NHS pension, training and development, annual appraisal, generous annual leave entitlement and flexible working options to enable you to achieve a healthy work/life balance.

Location

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust serves the rural populations of Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Within North Yorkshire, Scarborough, Ryedale and Whitby areas boast a wide array of diverse property from coastal cottages to riverside apartments, with access to excellent schools and further and higher education providers. There is beautiful scenery across the locality, including picturesque seaside towns, Market towns, woodland areas, moorland and world heritage sites including castles, and Abbeys. Local events include food festivals, Gothic weekends, Victorian weekends, cycling events, Armed Forces and Lifeboat weekends.

The region has transport connections with train services from Scarborough and Malton to York, Leeds, and London, and from Whitby to Teeside, and easily commutable for driving, for example York to Whitby within an hours drive.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oDegree level qualification accredited by the British Psychological Society

Desirable

• Evidence of CPD/ or equivalent knowledge/learning.
• Additional qualifications or course attendance in a related field

Knowledge

Essential

• A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
• Basic IT skills including production of workbooks, images and diagrammatic representations of clinical information

Desirable

• Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. NSF, Social Inclusion
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area

Experience

Essential

• Appropriate knowledge/experience of working or placements within identified clinical area

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
• Evidence/ knowledge of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation.

Effort and Environment

Essential

• Mandatory training for the management of violence and aggression
• Frequent exposure to emotional or distressing circumstances
• Some exposure to hazards e.g. verbal aggression.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective inter-personal/communication skills
• Evidence of good time management skills
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity

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

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Humber Centre

Willerby Hill

Willerby

HU10 6ED

Employer's website

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