Job summary
Psychological Health Services is looking for enthusiastic, ambitious and professional Assistant Psychologists to join psychological services within Psychological Health Services and Paediatric Neuropsychology team.
This position will involve a mixture of direct work with patients and non-patient facing tasks, assisting qualified psychologists in the delivery of psychological services. Duties will include the administration and scoring of standardised psychometric assessments, the collection and inputting of clinical outcome data, dissemination of psychosocial information, maintaining databases, analysing data, and contributing to service development and resource.
We strongly encourage applications from psychologists from groups under-represented within psychological professions.
Please note that due to significant interest, this position may close early if a sufficient number of candidates apply!
Main duties of the job
Work in inpatient and outpatient settings with children and adults.
To undertake protocol based psychological assessment of clients, including neuropsychological, tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
Score psychometric measures and/or questionnaires and accurately collate the data into databases for interpretation by qualified clinical psychologists.
Prepare case history summaries.
The post holder is required to concentrate intensely for prolonged periods during clinical work. There may be some patients who require assessment who present with confusion, agitation and are high levels of emotion
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping to enable qualified colleagues to supervise this work, adhering to documentation standards.
Maintain clinical and administrative databases.
Carry out information gathering, evidence-based literature searches and evaluation of literature, researching and producing clinical materials
Observe all relevant local and national guidelines, standards and policies
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and service specification attached. Applications from candidates with a broad range of interest are most welcome.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and service specification attached. Applications from candidates with a broad range of interest are most welcome.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st or Upper 2nd Honours degree in Psychology with graduate basis for registration to the British Psychological Society (BPS)
Desirable
- Trained in psychometric testing
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology and / or research design and analysis
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience working/ volunteering in health, care or education settings with children or adults.
- To have experience of / be comfortable and confident communicating with individuals from a range of cultural backgrounds, including those who do not speak English as a first language
- High level of computer literacy and be familiar and competent in the use of word processing, database, power point and statistical packages for the social sciences, including Microsoft Excel and SPSS
Desirable
- Relevant experience working in research
- Experience of using qualitative interviewing methods
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams
Aptitude
Essential
- Ability to quickly learn and assimilate new skills and knowledge, so that they can be relied upon to carry out technical and basic clinical tasks effectively, without direct supervision once training is complete
- Interest and motivation to work in clinical psychology and/or neuropsychology
- Good observational skills in order to note and record relevant behavioural data that may have an impact on interpretation of test data
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team is essential. The ability to liaise with staff of all levels, patients and members of the public is required
- Excellent oral and interpersonal communication skills that can be applied with confidence to communication with professional colleagues, with senior colleagues within the health service and with patients and their families or carers, such that they are able to interact in a professional and effective manner and to be an ambassador for the service
- To demonstrate skills in interpersonal interaction and communication to develop rapport with patients of varying ages, levels of cognitive function and emotional stability
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Excellent organisational, time management and task management skills in order to respond to the demands of the post
- Reliable
- Attention to detail
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st or Upper 2nd Honours degree in Psychology with graduate basis for registration to the British Psychological Society (BPS)
Desirable
- Trained in psychometric testing
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology and / or research design and analysis
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience working/ volunteering in health, care or education settings with children or adults.
- To have experience of / be comfortable and confident communicating with individuals from a range of cultural backgrounds, including those who do not speak English as a first language
- High level of computer literacy and be familiar and competent in the use of word processing, database, power point and statistical packages for the social sciences, including Microsoft Excel and SPSS
Desirable
- Relevant experience working in research
- Experience of using qualitative interviewing methods
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams
Aptitude
Essential
- Ability to quickly learn and assimilate new skills and knowledge, so that they can be relied upon to carry out technical and basic clinical tasks effectively, without direct supervision once training is complete
- Interest and motivation to work in clinical psychology and/or neuropsychology
- Good observational skills in order to note and record relevant behavioural data that may have an impact on interpretation of test data
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team is essential. The ability to liaise with staff of all levels, patients and members of the public is required
- Excellent oral and interpersonal communication skills that can be applied with confidence to communication with professional colleagues, with senior colleagues within the health service and with patients and their families or carers, such that they are able to interact in a professional and effective manner and to be an ambassador for the service
- To demonstrate skills in interpersonal interaction and communication to develop rapport with patients of varying ages, levels of cognitive function and emotional stability
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Excellent organisational, time management and task management skills in order to respond to the demands of the post
- Reliable
- Attention to detail
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.
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.
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
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Bristol Royal Children's Hospital
Upper Maudlin Street
Bristol
BS2 8BJ
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
