Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Psychologist - Autism Team (Community Based)

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Job summary

Hello, my name is Dr Ian Watkiss and I am the lead for the Derbyshire Autism Service in the Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Our team is still quite new, but already prides itself on the excellent care we provide, supporting our service users that live in the Derbyshire area. Over the course of the pandemic, we have realised more than ever how important it is to not only look after our service users, but also ourselves and our colleagues. I am personally devoted our team's health and welfare and this has never been more essential than over the past 24 months.

We currently offer care to people with autism within the community, with the hope of preventing their admission into a mental health hospital environment. To date, we have worked with those who are anxious and struggling with the demands being placed on them in their communities, whilst considering their diagnosis and how we can help prevent those admissions.

Our team is dedicated, compassionate and caring to those who are referred to us and we are now in the position to expand the team and recruit an Assistant Psychologist. I would like to invite you to come and join the team, work with us in these new roles and be part of developing the service to even greater heights.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have good interpersonal, organisational and communication skills in order to engage with neuro-diverse adults suspected to be autistic, their family members and carers.

We anticipate that the post holder will have had previous experience in the administration and scoring of psychological assessments and psychometric tests and be able to contribute to report writing.

In addition, the post holder will support research and audit activities under the supervision of an experienced qualified Clinical Psychologist.

The post holder will be based at St Andrews or Ashgreen in Chesterfield, but may be required to travel to clinic bases throughout Derbyshire.

The post will be need to be computer literate and able to contribute to online and telephone assessments.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Psychologists within Team Derbyshire Healthcare have a well established and supportive professional network with regular monthly meetings and in house CPD events. There are excellent links with local professional training courses with staff supporting the local training committees, participating in trainee selection and regularly offering training and placements to existing doctoral trainees.

Other Trust Benefits include:

  • Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
  • 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
  • Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
  • Generous NHS pension scheme
  • Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
  • Health service discounts and online benefits
  • Incremental pay progression
  • Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
  • Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities
  • Structured learning and development opportunities

Details

Date posted

12 October 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year pa, pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

383-SPE-5594-22

Job locations

St Andrew's House or Ashgreen Hospital in Chesterfield

201 London Road

Derby

DE1 2SX


Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Work experience in a formal care setting with people with neurodevelopmental difficulties or presentations

Desirable

  • Experience of administrating and scoring psychometric tests
  • Experience of contributing to diagnostic assessments
  • Experience of working with adults with autism and/or other neurodevelopmental difficulties
  • Work in the NHS
  • Previous experience as an Assistant Psychologist

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel to different assessment clinics, trust properties across Derbyshire as required

Training & Qualifications

Essential

  • Good Honours Degree (2.1 or above in Psychology)
  • Eligible for graduate membership of the BPS

Desirable

  • Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of autistic people and their families/carers/support networks
  • Good interpersonal skills to facilitate communication with colleagues and other service providers
  • High level communication skills including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
  • Ability to process text, set up and use databases and spreadsheets
  • Good written communication skills, with the ability to tailor these to varying contexts
  • An organised approach to work, with the ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to take responsibility for appropriate clinical decisions, within the context of regular supervision

Desirable

  • Knowledge and skills related to working with adults with autism and/or other neurodevelopmental difficulties
  • Knowledge and skills related to mental health difficulties
  • Use of computerised statistical packages such as SPSS / Studio R

Personal

Essential

  • Positive and respectful attitude towards staff and clients
  • Willingness to learn and respond to supervision
  • High level of motivation and commitment to teamwork
  • Ability to work sensitively in emotionally charged situation

Other

Essential

  • Maintain a high standard of professional conduct and work within professional guidelines at all times
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Work experience in a formal care setting with people with neurodevelopmental difficulties or presentations

Desirable

  • Experience of administrating and scoring psychometric tests
  • Experience of contributing to diagnostic assessments
  • Experience of working with adults with autism and/or other neurodevelopmental difficulties
  • Work in the NHS
  • Previous experience as an Assistant Psychologist

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel to different assessment clinics, trust properties across Derbyshire as required

Training & Qualifications

Essential

  • Good Honours Degree (2.1 or above in Psychology)
  • Eligible for graduate membership of the BPS

Desirable

  • Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of autistic people and their families/carers/support networks
  • Good interpersonal skills to facilitate communication with colleagues and other service providers
  • High level communication skills including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
  • Ability to process text, set up and use databases and spreadsheets
  • Good written communication skills, with the ability to tailor these to varying contexts
  • An organised approach to work, with the ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to take responsibility for appropriate clinical decisions, within the context of regular supervision

Desirable

  • Knowledge and skills related to working with adults with autism and/or other neurodevelopmental difficulties
  • Knowledge and skills related to mental health difficulties
  • Use of computerised statistical packages such as SPSS / Studio R

Personal

Essential

  • Positive and respectful attitude towards staff and clients
  • Willingness to learn and respond to supervision
  • High level of motivation and commitment to teamwork
  • Ability to work sensitively in emotionally charged situation

Other

Essential

  • Maintain a high standard of professional conduct and work within professional guidelines at all times

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Andrew's House or Ashgreen Hospital in Chesterfield

201 London Road

Derby

DE1 2SX


Employer's website

http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Andrew's House or Ashgreen Hospital in Chesterfield

201 London Road

Derby

DE1 2SX


Employer's website

http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Lead / Community Operations Manager

Dr Ian Watkiss / Lucy Hazlehurst

ian.watkiss@nhs.net

01246565062

Details

Date posted

12 October 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year pa, pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

383-SPE-5594-22

Job locations

St Andrew's House or Ashgreen Hospital in Chesterfield

201 London Road

Derby

DE1 2SX


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