Assistant Psychologist - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Up to 37.5 Hours per week


The Medical Psychology service provides psychological assessment, support and treatment to medical patients within the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

It is the largest hospital trust in the Tees Valley, with two acute hospitals and services in a number of community hospitals and community-based services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Assistant Psychologist to join the team.

The post holder will work closely with the qualified Psychologists / Psychological Therapists to deliver psychological aspects of care within a number of multi-disciplinary teams (potentially including cancer, neurosciences and/or major trauma).

They will work closely with the wider MDT to support and develop psychological understanding of patients' presenting difficulties through consultation, supervision and support, providing interventions for patients and their families.


The post holder will have excellent communication skills and will have demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Above all you must be passionate about working with medical patients, using drive and innovation to make positive changes for this specific patient group.


The main duties of the post are:

  • To provide, under supervision, a specialist medical psychology / neuropsychology service, ensuring effective, caring and compassionate services to patients.
  • To support a number of medical pathways, including neurosciences, cancer and/or major trauma.
  • To undertake psychological / neuropsychological screening and triage of medical patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
  • To undertake, under supervision, detailed neuropsychological assessments
  • To deliver, under supervision, psychological interventions in line with agreed protocols for medical patients
  • To work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures
Medical Psychology

The Medical Psychology service is made up of Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, Health Psychologists, Psychological Therapists and Counsellors. We deliver psychological assessment, intervention and support to patients with a range of medical conditions across the lifespan.

We utilise third wave therapies (especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness) alongside CBT as the core therapeutic modalities, with training and supervision provided to support delivery of these approaches.

We also carry out clinical audit, research and service evaluation.

We have strong links with the Doctoral Training Programmes at the University of Teesside, and we provide teaching, placements and research projects for Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology and Health Psychology trainees.

The Trust encourages innovation and service development, and we actively support this within the Medical Psychology service.

All clinicians are expected to take on service development and service governance duties as part of their role, both within the Psychology service and within the wider MDTs in which we work.

We provide mentoring and support to deliver this.


South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.

You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers.


This programme aims to:

  • Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role


After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

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