Assistant Psychologist/psychological Wellbeing - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Mersey Care to work as an Assistant Psychologist/Psychological Well-Being Practitioner on a national pilot project in conjunction with the Court and Criminal Justice Team to help with assessments and psychological interventions with people who have been given Mental Health Treatment Requirements.

Shortlisting is planned to take place on: 1/2/2023.

Interviews are provisionally planned for: 13/2/2023.

The role will be to provide short-term psychological interventions for a range of psychological difficulties and experiences, including low mood and anxiety, anger, loss, trauma, interpersonal problems and learning difficulties.

There will also be the opportunity to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

The post holder will be expected to work in a range of settings.

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.

Clinical:

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 professional psychologist.
To collate and report audit data in order to meet the audit requirements of the service.
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 settings where care takes place.
To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.

Teaching, Training and Supervision:

In common with all psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.
To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post holder is employed.
To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties
To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.
To provide training as required to managers and other staff as appropriate.

Management, Recruitment and Service Development:

(As agreed by professional leads and managers)

To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.
To assist with the analysis, development, evaluation and monitoring of the team's operational policies and services, through service evaluation and audit.
To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.

IT Responsibilities:

To assist in the design of computerised databases and to be responsible for their continual updating and on-going statistical analysis.
To be aware of, and comply with, National Regulations and local Trust Policies concerned with Data Protection and Information Governance.

Research and Service Evaluation:

To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.
To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist qualified clinical psychologists in evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

General:

To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post-holder's professional and team/operational manager(s).
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust and HCPC policies and procedures.
To prepare test materials and visual aids as required.
To undertake specific administrative duties as required.
To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade, this may be required from time to time by their Manager.

Professional: