Assistant Psychologist Braintree, England
Job description
NHS Talking Therapies in Mid Essex is seeking a highly motivated and creative Assistant Psychologist to join our well-established team. We are a dynamic and supportive Talking Therapies service, and you will be contributing to the delivery of psychological therapies in a primary care setting.
We are seeking to recruit an Assistant Psychologist to support our co-located respiratory/Talking Therapies pathway in Mid Essex, and be involved in developing new long-term condition pathways
We are seeking an Assistant Psychologist who will work under the supervision of the senior clinical team to support the integrated pathway between respiratory departments and our psychological therapy service. You will be co-located in physical health inpatient and outpatient settings, so will have an opportunity to work closely with physical health as well as mental health professionals.
The role will also consist of being involved in the development of new integrated pathways in Mid Essex, as well as assessing and treating service users with depression and anxiety difficulties in the Talking Therapies service under supervision.
You will have excellent data analysis skills and be competent in using Excel and SPSS. We are particularly interested in individuals who can demonstrate research skills, as a significant proportion of the work will also concern analysing outcome data and carrying out audits to help the team improve service delivery.
If you are invited to interview, you must bring with you any academic qualification certificates and evidence you hold, as applicable. Offers cannot be made without this information.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details of the role/responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Applicants must be psychology graduates with at least a 2:1 degree and be eligible for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society. You will also have excellent verbal and written communication skills, good organisational skills, and the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.
In line with new guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care, applicants must provide evidence of being fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and be willing to wear appropriate PPE in office and hospital environments.
Car driver essential, or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Essex, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families, and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on…
- The post holder will be a key MDT member on respiratory inpatient wards and in complex clinics.
- The post holder will assess suitability (in clinic etc), complete referrals and assess respiratory patients for psychological interventions and may support in the running of LTC rehab classes and group interventions.
- The post holder will continue to iterate and implement a user-centred design approach to the respiratory/Talking Therapies pathway. Including quantitative and qualitative auditing, interviewing, and recording referral/assessment outcomes.
- Research, training and presenting opportunities are likely to be part of the role. Post holders must feel competent and confident in delivering pathway information and service training more generally (supported by senior clinicians).
- The post holder will be around patients with complex/acute illnesses, some of which will be on end-of-life care. While supervision is provided, this must be taken into consideration when applying to the post.
If required, you will be prepared to work outside standard 9-5 office hours as part of a scheduled work-plan for one day per week (between 8am and 8pm, Monday-Thursday). This is a hybrid role, and the main base will be in Braintree, however, as part of the co-located pathway you will be required to attend other sites where respiratory clinics are run. There is an expectation that you will be at our base or in the community for two days per week, and the remaining days will be home-based working.
