Job responsibilities
Are you looking for the next step in your career, in an environment where you can develop and specialise your skills? Then join Thornford Park Hospital as an Assistant Psychologist where you will have the opportunity to work with a dedicated team to make a real difference in lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.
What you will be doing
You will be working service users that require medium and low secure Forensic Mental Health Services. In addition to these services there is also a PICU Mental Health Service.
As an Assistant Psychologist you will have the opportunity to assist with assessments, formulations, and treatment to our service users, under the supervision of the Senior Psychologist. You will also assist in clinically related administration including conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work.
At Thornford Park you will have the chance to develop specialist skills through out your time with us. Your professional growth is important, which is why there are numerous career development opportunities to keep you learning and improving.
To start your career at (Service) apply today.
As an Assistant Psychologist you will be:
- Contributing to psychological assessments and formulations
- Facilitating psychological interventions on a 1:1 and/or group basis to service users, monitoring and reporting upon their effectiveness
- Assisting in designing and delivering specialist training to others
- Assisting with the delivery of reflective practice for staff
- Maintaining clinical databases
- Completing outcome measures
- Writing reports for various audiences
- Service evaluation and other research tasks including collecting, analysing, and reporting upon an array of statistics
- Undertaking clinically relevant audits
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- A minimum of an upper second-class honours degree in Psychology conferring eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist in a forensic and/or mental health setting in a similar role
- Experience of maintaining office systems and undertaking administration tasks
- Creative thinking, clinical efficacy, and a strong commitment to working with evidenced based models of therapeutic intervention
- Strong organisation skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- To meet professional practice expectations including the HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and the BPS code of ethics and conduct
Where you will be working:
Location: Thornford Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8ET
Thornford Park Hospital is 142 bedded Forensic Mental Health Hospital. At Thornford Park Hospital, we provide comprehensive personalised assessment and treatment programmes for men with mental illness/complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder within our Medium & Low Secure services. Service users may have histories of offending and/or may have failed in previous placements.
Thornford Park Psychology team is one of the largest Psychology team among Forensic Mental health hospital with 8 Psychologist, team of Art therapist, Dram therapist and Speech and Language Therapist. The team is well supported by team of Assistant Psychologist. The team give you best experience of learning in Forensic mental health.
What you will get:
- Annual salary of £25,900
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – (Inc Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off!
- Subsidised meals
- Free parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Pension contribution to secure your future.
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.
About your next employer:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
