Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to welcome an Assistant Psychologist to our team. You should have a clear passion for working with adults with acquired neurological conditions.

The Psychology Service within the Community Neuro Rehab Team provides specialist psychological intervention to patients with acquired neurological conditions from across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. You will join a growing service and work in a supportive and cohesive multidisciplinary team, to support and enhance the delivery of high quality psychological healthcare.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, reflective and creative Assistant Psychologist who has experience of working with adults.

When applying for this role, please address the following question at the start of your supporting information section, in no more than 200 words: Please describe a challenge or difficult situation you have faced when working with a person in a health setting - how did you manage it and what did you learn about yourself?

Main duties of the job

This Assistant Psychologist role involves supporting and enhancing the clinical psychology input within the Community Neuro Rehab Team.

The post holder will have opportunity to contribute to: direct clinical work under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist. This will include psychological assessment and intervention, individual and group interventions with patients and their carers, analysis and reporting on outcome measurement data, patient engagement activities, production of clinical/teaching/training materials and audit and service evaluation projects.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Person specification

Training and qualifications

Essential

• Accredited honours degree in psychology
• Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Evidence of post-graduate professional development, for example, through supervised clinical practice and/or short, specialist training courses relevant to professional psychology practice, children's psychological wellbeing, research design/analysis

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• A sound knowledge of neuro psychology
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people coping with adverse life events and high levels of emotional upheaval.
• An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a physical health context.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with adults with neurological conditions.
• Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties and/or disabilities.

Other

Essential

• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.