Assistant Psychologist for Learning Disabilities - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

4 days ago

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Description

1. Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust as a leading provider of mental health care, addiction services and learning disability care.

Service users receive a high quality service and one which is free from stigma, discrimination and harm.
Staff are engaged with the delivery, innovation and continuous improvement of services to benefit service users.
Visible and responsive leadership, setting the standard for others and role-modelled throughout the division for all managers
The Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness and Enthusiasm will be embedded across the division for all staff and evident to service users.
Increased confidence and understanding in supporting individuals within the third sector social care provider agencies.
Personalised support plans that meet the needs of the individual and which effectively support people to manage their own needs.
Effective outcome-based evidence based interventions.
Risk assessments and management strategies that ensure the wellbeing and safety of all.
Increased capacity to deliver psychologically informed interventions in community settings.
Development of evidence base to support delivery of specific treatments and interventions in community settings.

The Assistant Psychologist will support and enhance the psychological care of clients within the service, providing psychological assessment, formulation and interventions under the close supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist.

They will also work independently according to a plan agreed with the multi-disciplinary team and within the overall framework of the MSU's policies and procedures.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Principal Responsibilities:

To review a variety of data sources, including; medical records, case files, and depositions to inform standardised risk assessments for qualified members of MSU staff.
To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client's problems, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
To contribute to the development of outcome measures for clinical interventions, and to assist the design and implementation of service development projects within the MSU service as required.
To communicate and liaise with staff and other disciplines with regard to assessing clients and reviewing their care in preparation for multidisciplinary review meetings.
Under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist or clinical nurse specialist, to prepare reports on clinical assessments with individuals, the results of psychometric assessments, case note reviews and research/audit projects.
To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, training and project work.
To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care, including contributing to the organisation of training seminars and conferences for others.