Assistant Psychologist - London, United Kingdom - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Are you a psychology graduate looking to further their career to enter on to clinical/counselling psychology training?
Are you enthusiastic, dedicated, and hard working?

To assess and support Acute health NHS Staff with common mental health problems in the selfmanagement of their recovery.
To assist with the provision of information/selfhelp material and support for selfhelp groups.
To provide lowintensity interventions, such as psychoeducational interventions, guided selfhelp and 'holding spaces' for staff accessing the service.
To develop training packages for staff teams.
To attend multidisciplinary meetings about referrals or clients in treatment
To be involved in mapping demand, lead in monitoring outcomes for staff support work and contribute to the development of evaluations, newsletters, resources and updating on progression.
To provide a range of information and support for evidence based low intensity psychological treatments which will include guided selfhelp, CBT, ACT. This may be faceface, telephone or via other media.
Will work alongside experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologists and have further opportunity to work closely with colleagues also delivering staff support initiatives and interventions.
You will have weekly supervision from a psychologist also enabling a rich experience of the supervisory process, in line with relevant professional guidelines and policies as well as access to our trainee forums.
To work closely with clinicians to develop their evaluation, research and clinical skills, and be keen to work flexibly.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population.

We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.

Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work.

This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

This service has been in place for over 20 years at UCLH with this post a recent addition to enhance the service.

The covid-19 pandemic has further increased the need for individual and team level staff support and The Staff Psychology & Welfare Service continues to address these needs, offering prompt access to highly specialist assessment and a range of evidence-based psychological interventions for staff.

It is also part of the wider recovery programme and long term health and wellbeing agenda at UCLH.

We work closely with our workforce colleagues in Staff Experience, Learning & Development and alongside our Staff Networks to encourage long term and sustainable cultural change within the organisation.

Our team aims to represent the diverse workforce we support and is dedicated to promoting equity and embracing inclusion as core values.

We aim to reduce stigma, increase engagement in self-care and organisational support to help our staff thrive at work and in their personal lives.

Our team was expanded in response to the growing psychosocial needs of staff emerging during the coronavirus pandemic and will aim to support the recovery of the organisation and staff following the pandemic based on our trauma informed stepped-care approach.

The post holder will be joining a large supportive service with good levels of supervision and a personal development programme to help achieve further relevant training targets.

The post holder will undertake clinical work under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist.

They will participate in the running of groups, as well as playing a key role in audits and service evaluations.

Other duties include development of self-help and training packages and supporting clinicians with service development work streams and initiatives.

This role within the service requires the post-holder to be confident to work independently within their own team as well as closely with multi-d