Assistant Clinical PsychologistNHS

Job summary

The Newcastle CMHT are looking to recruit a part-time, Band 5 Assistant Clinical Psychologist to join their multi-disciplinary team.

The successful postholders will:

Assist in the operational delivery of group treatment interventions and service evaluation for service users within the CMHT. The post-holder will work under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist, often independently under their direction.

Be expected to prepare patients in their readiness to start groups via communication through emails, phone calls and letters and to share expectations of the group programme. The post holder will also ensure and support patients to complete questionnaires pre and post intervention, collate the results and prepare service evaluation reports.

Be required to work with clients who are highly distressed, anxious or hostile and will experience sensitive situations on a weekly basis

Main duties of the job

The post holder will also complete assessment, formulation and 1-1 skills work under supervision.

Working independently to a plan agreed with a qualified clinical psychologist.

To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits and projects, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work

Job description

Assists in the assessment of the clients difficulties, using standardised psychometric instruments, protocol based assessment tools, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and structured and semi-structured interviews as required. Utilises assessment techniques directly with clients and collects information from family members and others involved in the clients care as appropriate.

Assists qualified psychologists in the scoring, analysis, interpretation and reporting of psychological assessments undertaken with clients and others.

Assists in the formulation of the clients difficulties and in the planning and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of the clients problems in community and in-patient/residential settings.

Delivers therapeutic interventions developed or guided by the qualified psychologist or otherwise defined by protocol, for individual clients and for families, including, for example, planned programmes of CBT or other appropriate psychological interventions

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.