Assistant Psychologist - Stroke Liverpool, England
Job description
Department of Clinical Health Psychology, UHA
We are pleased to invite applications for an Assistant Psychologist to join our busy Clinical Health Psychology Team within Aintree University Hospital.
This is a full time post of 37.5 hours per week on a fixed-term contract for 12 months.
The post involves working closely with the existing Stroke team and will involve assisting with a Pilot project exploring regional access to Psychology after stroke.
There are opportunities for MDT working
The post will involve delivering assessments and interventions, in addition to service evaluation and audits.
Our department has close links with the North West DClin training courses and regularly provides training placements
Please note that we will close this advert early if high numbers of applications are received. Therefore please ensure that if interested, your application is submitted as soon as possible.
Duties within the post will include supporting project delivery and supporting with training and evaluation.
The clinical duties within the post will be varied and fully supported by a structured and well-established clinical health psychology team.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, an excellent professional attitude and relevant clinical experience are essential.
Applications will be closed within a short timeframe or when enough suitable applications have been received
Please refer to the detailed Job Description attached.
