Assistant Psychologist

Assistant Psychologist Baldock, England

Nouvita
Full Time Baldock, England 21892 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION
Assistant Psychologist

Full Time: 37.50 hours per week (9am to 5pm with 30 minutes lunch break)

28 days annual leave (including bank holidays)

Baldock Manor Hospital, Hertfordshire

Head of Psychology and Therapies

About the role:

A fantastic opportunity for a Psychology graduate with an interest in neuropsychological and complex mental health conditions in older adults and adults of working age. You will work closely with our talented multidisciplinary team to provide a holistic and person-centred service to our patients who present with a wide range of mental health needs including dementia, neuropsychological and psychiatric conditions.

About us:

Baldock Manor Hospital is our 40-bed mental health hospital in north Hertfordshire, offering a range of specialist services for both men and women across 2 separate wards. Service users are usually referred from other secure placements or from acute wards and are usually detained under the appropriate section of the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007), although some are informal.

Job Purpose & Key Responsibilities:

  • To support and enhance the provision of psychological services to the inpatient service users at Baldock Manor Hospital. To assist with clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of the Head of Psychology and Therapies.
  • To assist in the clinically related administration inclusive of contributing to the maintenance and development of the office systems for the psychology and therapies department, gathering of data, developing and carrying out audits, collecting statistics, carrying out services evaluation, research and other special projects as required.
  • To act as a point of contact for psychology and therapies-related inquiries and deal with messages and requests efficiently and effectively. To carry out such tasks as photocopying, electronic and paper filing, archiving.
  • To assist with patients’ assessments including the use of psychometric tools under supervision. To assist with report writing and other paperwork as required. To write reports and patient updates whilst under the supervision.
  • To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, whilst closely supervised and regularly seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager.
  • To ensure that all information by own work is recorded accurately as required by Nouvita/Baldock Manor Hospital Policies and Procedures and company values. To maintain the highest standard of clinical record keeping and report writing.
  • Where necessary, to attend meetings aimed at developing and improving service users care. To

Participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the post holder’s professional manager.

  • To perform other duties appropriate to the honorary position which may be required from time to time by the services.

Person Specification:

Essential:

Qualifications:

  • A first-class or Upper-second class bachelor’s degree with Honours in Psychology that is accredited by the British Psychological Society and confers the Graduate Basis for Registration of the British Psychological Society

Experience:

  • Paid or unpaid direct experience with a mental health population.

Knowledge:

  • Graduate level knowledge of psychological assessment and psychology
  • Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis
  • Awareness of racial and cultural diversity issues.

Skills and Abilities

  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate sensitive information and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive. An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
  • An ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning.
  • High standard IT skills, including outlook, word, excel and power point.
  • Ability to work independently using own initiative.

Desirable:

  • Postgraduate training relevant to mental health
  • Paid or unpaid work in psychological therapies
  • Post graduate clinical experience
  • Experiential knowledge of psychological assessment, psychological therapies and evaluation of services.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £21,892.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Employee discount
  • Referral programme

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Baldock, SG7 6ND: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Assistant Psychologist
Nouvita

www.nouvita.co.uk
Hertford, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
201 to 500 Employees
Company - Private
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