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

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are looking for a enthusiastic and compassionate Assistant Psychologists to join our friendly Older Adult Psychology Team.

The successful applicants will be supporting the work of qualified Clinical Psychologists in improving the psychological offer to older people across the service.

There are a number of roles available including inpatient and community posts. The role will include completing assessments, neuropsychological assessments, formulations and interventions with older people. Within their personal statement applicants should express any preferences in relation to service area and location.

The department has excellent links with the clinical training universities of the North West and you will be able to join a growing peer network of Assistant Psychologists within Mersey Care's Mental Health Care Division.

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, including those living with dementia.

To work independently according to a plan agreed with the supervising qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

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.

To undertake psychological assessments of service users under the supervision of a qualified psychologist which may include, as appropriate, a range of psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, carers and others involved in the client's care.

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 qualified professional psychologist, in both community, day care and inpatient/residential settings as appropriate.

To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups.

To work with other disciplines to assess inpatients, outpatients, day patients or residents and review their care in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.

To assist in the development of a psychological framework of understanding and care to all service users of the service, across all care settings.

To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings as directed by the qualified psychologists.

Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of duties and responsibilities.