Assistant Psychologist Abertillery, Wales
Job description
Introduction
Are you a highly motivated compassionate individual? If so, we would welcome applications to join the Psychology Team at Aberbeeg Hospital. The hospital has a 12 bedded low secure ward and a 15 bedded medium secure ward. Both wards are for males aged between 16 and 65 with a primary diagnosis of mental disorder.
We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist with some experience of working with adults with mental health difficulties and a passion to learn and develop their skills and experience. You will be working 37.5 hours a week and the role will require good organisational skills and the ability to work under and respond to supervision. As an Assistant Psychologist you will contribute to the psychology provision across both wards, under the supervision of the Senior Psychologist. You will be guided and supervised as you assist with assessments, formulations, and treatment to our service users within a group and 1-1 setting. You will also assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work. By carrying out these duties you will contribute to the maintenance and development of a high-quality psychological service.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Contributing to psychological assessments and formulations.
- Facilitating psychological interventions on a 1:1 and/or group basis to patients, 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 as required.
- Completing outcome measures as required.
- 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 need:
- 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.
- Experience of working 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.
- To be computer literate.
- 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.
What you will get:
- Annual salary of £24,000
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- 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. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
Benefits & About Elysium
What you will get:
- Annual salary of £24,000
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
Site Information
- 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. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
