Assistant Psychologist - Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom - Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and highly motivated Assistant Psychologist to join our community team, which provides mental health services to adults in West Suffolk and is based in Bury St Edmunds.

The post sits within a supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary team dedicated to the delivery of recovery focused interventions for people with a range of mental health difficulties.

It is an exciting time to join the team as we continue to develop our capacity to deliver psychologically informed interventions in secondary care, while provision in primary care is also being expanded and developed.

There are exciting changes happening within West Suffolk, in line with transformation plans that integrate mental health with physical and social care and bring services closer to communities and more accessible to those that use them.

The team enjoys a good working atmosphere, which has been retained during remote and hybrid working. Colleagues support each other, and value each other's contributions.

You will feel an integral part of the multidisciplinary community team and enjoy relationships with psychology colleagues - including other assistants, trainees and Clinical Associate Psychologists - across local teams.

Main responsibilities to include:

Psychological assessment, formulation and intervention as appropriate under close supervision of clinical psychologist

Co-facilitating psychologically informed groups

Contributing to the practice of psychologically informed interventions within the team via teaching and developing resources

Evaluating outcomes and writing reports