Assistant Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holders responsibilities will be:

• undertaking psychological assessments and interventions as part of the multi-professional team and as delegated by the teams Practitioner Psychologists;
• supporting the teams qualified psychologists to undertake clinically relevant research, service evaluation and audit;
• supporting the team psychologists to undertake teaching and training; and, carrying out other duties as part of the role and as delegated by the teams Practitioner Psychologists.
• All assessments, interventions, and other work will be supervised by the teams Practitioner Psychologists and Consultant Neuropsychologist. The post holder will be expected to travel to other health board sites and to patients places of residence.

Person Specification

Other

Essential

• Demonstrates innovation
• Works independently, reliably, and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
• Clear understanding of professional guidelines
• Ability to work well in a team
• Describes accountability for own actions
• Able to travel between locations for role
• Demonstrates awareness of when is appropriate to seek advice and supervision

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Experience of management of clinically sensitive conversations with patients/family members, carers or colleagues
• Ability to plan own workload, activities and programmes of work
• Working knowledge of at least one recognised psychological therapeutic orientation
• Experience of liaising with a range or health professionals, patients, relatives regarding psychological issues

Desirable

• Evidence of application of existing psychological knowledge and therapeutic skills to clinical work with people with physical health and neurological conditions.
• Application of neuropsychological models to clinical work with people with neurological conditions
• Spoken Welsh

Experience

Essential

• Paid or voluntary work experience within a healthcare setting
• Experience of providing individual, joint and/or group work under direct and regular clinical supervision from a clinical or counselling psychologist
• Psychology placement as an undergraduate or working as an assistant psychologist or research assistant
• Research experience and statistical expertise
• Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, including SPSS and Excel

Desirable

• Experience of delivering clinical group work requiring skilled communication about complex psychological constructs

Qualifications/Knowledge

Essential

• Good honours degree in Psychology (First or Second Class)
• Eligibility for Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• British Psychological Society Level A Psychometric Testing Qualification

Desirable

• Post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Address

Park Road Wellbeing Centre,

Park Road Wellbeing Centre, Park Road

Pontypool

NP4 6NZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://abuhb.nhs.wales/