- Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities on a paid or voluntary basis.
- Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Assistant Psychologist Mental Health - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group
Description
Main area Assistant Psychologist GradeNHS AfC:
Band 4
Contract Permanent Hours Full time hours per week (shifts across 7 days) Job ref 411-COM
Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Catkin Building Alder Hey Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £25,147 - £27,596 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/05/2024 08:00
NHS AfC:
Band 4
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man.
The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites.We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming.At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
Great flexible working opportunities
Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
Generous annual leave and pension scheme
Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
The post holder will support and enhance the professional psychological care of children, young people and families within a busy CAMHS team under the direction and supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist.
Working as part of the Community and Mental Health Division you will collaborate with other Clinical Psychology and multi-disciplinary team members.
Other professionals in health, education and the voluntary sector involved in the emotional wellbeing of children and families.Following appropriate induction and under direction and supervision, to undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients including standard psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
To assist in the delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and / or management of a client's problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
To work with other staff to assess outpatients, inpatients and residents and review their care in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.
To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all care settings.
To attend and contribute to clinical psychology meetings and appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings, as directed by the qualified clinical psychologists.
You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing support to children and young people who are in need of intervention/support.
The post holder will support children and young people who are inpatients on ward 4C and outpatients as part of their home treatment support.
Providing evidenced based interventions depending on needs of the individual working collaboratively with other professionals across Liverpool and Sefton CAMHs and the Emergency department at Alder Hey hospital as well as other services as required as part of the care plan for CYP.
In common with all members of the clinical psychology service, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines and Trust policy.
Where appropriate, and under the supervision of qualified staff, to contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.
To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.To develop a skill base in the administration and analysis of a range of psychometric packages as required.
To maintain comprehensive clinical notes and consultation records as defined in the operational policy and countersigned by the Clinical Psychologist supervisor.
To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.To be competent in the use of basic IT packages, such as Microsoft Word, and utilize electronic patient record date for implementation of audit and service delivery purposes (to inform service developments) To develop a skill base in the administration and analysis of a range of psychometric packages as required.
An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. A lower second class honours degree supplemented by post graduate qualification may be considered. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society