Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced assistant psychologist who is excited about the opportunity to promote the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people with additional developmental or health needs. This post is being advertised as a full-time role spit across two services within the ABUHB Child and Family Psychology and Therapies Service; the Helping Hands Psychology Service, which provides support to children with complex developmental delay and/or disability and their families, and the Paediatric Clinical Psychology Service, which provides support to children and young people with acute and chronic health conditions and their families. Both services also offer support to the multi-disciplinary allied health professionals working to support these families through training, advice, and consultation.

You will be joining two passionate, needs-led, services comprised of Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Counselling Psychologists and working closely with medical and AHP colleagues. Your Paediatric Clinical Psychology hours will be based at St Woolos Hospital, Newport, and you will join the Nevill Hall Children's Centre team with Helping Hands.

If you are interested in working with us then we would love to hear from you. Please contact Dr Charlotte Montgomery or Dr Anne Johnson on 01633 436996.

Main duties of the job

Both teams work to promote the emotional health and psychological wellbeing of children and young people they work with, their families, and the staff who support them through:

1. Provision of high quality psychological information and advice, dissemination of specialist resources and workshops for families and staff
2. Provision of psychological support, consultation and joint working with staff who are connected with the Children's Centres in Gwent and AHP who are supporting the needs of children and young people with acute or chronic health conditions
3. Therapeutic work with children and young people with developmental delay or disability and therapeutic work with children and young people with acute or chronic health conditions through individual work, family work, and therapeutic groups

The successful candidate will join a lively and proactive team of Child Psychologists and Therapists. We meet weekly for professional support and peer supervision and value a culture of reflective practice and rich continuing professional development. Our team bases are both welcoming and supportive, enabling clinicians to hold a strong psychological perspective in the wide range of settings we deliver services across.

This post is fixed term for 12 months to meet the needs of the service.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.