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An opportunity has arisen in our Trust for an assistant psychologist wishing to work with children and young people (CYP) within a paediatric setting. You would be supporting the clinical activities of the community paediatrics clinical psychology service, which provides care and treatment for CYP and their families presenting with neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD and autism. There would be the opportunity for interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary working, and you would receive weekly supervision from a Principal Clinical Psychologist.

• Contribute to the community paediatric clinical psychology service, as appropriate and under the supervision of the principal clinical psychologists. To include development and delivery of intervention groups for target children and families
• Assist in the development and implementation of research and ethics protocols and projects, and draft papers for publication in peer reviewed journals as require
• Support the department with regular audit and service evaluation activities as directed by the principal clinical psychologists.
• Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with the professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

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