Assistant Psychologist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Rhagfyr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £28,407.00 i £34,581.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £28407.00 - £34581.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 28 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9339-25-0939 |
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This department of health psychology specialises in interventions concerning health crisis and long term conditions, involving trauma, surgery, cancer and other life-changing health matters. As such the post holder: will undertake an appropriate level of clinical supervision, making all reasonable efforts to ensure the effectiveness of the supervision arrangements in providing safe and effective psychological care for patients. will prioritise and manage their own face-to-face work with clients whilst also balancing this, through a process of line management, with the collective responsibilities and goals of both the department and North Bristol NHS Trust. This department is constantly engaged in project work and service improvement, processes, often in partnership with, or under contract to, external organisations. Assistant psychologists have a close involvement in delivering these and are responsible for ensuring compliance with any specified standards and procedures associated with such projects in addition to usual NHS standards and criteria. Usually this means that the post holder is therefore required to follow research protocols involving additional consent, evaluation, and data processing commitments. This is in addition to always adhering to the policies and procedures of both the department and NBT. The specific areas of duty and responsibility in this post are: 1) To compile and maintain databases in association with the head of department regarding the clinical assessment, audit, and research activities undertaken by the department. 2) To support the recruitment, training and on-going support of volunteers in the service, including on-going evaluation of the roles that volunteers take and the re-design prompted by findings/feedback. 3) The provision of psychology input to assigned areas of the service, providing psychological interventions with individual patients and groups referred to the service who have been assessed as needing such interventions. This is likely to also involve organising and coordinating aspects SMP delivery for pain, cancer recovery, and pain-related insomnia. The prioritising and throughput of this work is agreed with the line manager. 4) The coordination of audit data gathering, conducting psychometric assessments of patients referred to the service. Providing research advice and consultation within the department for the preparation of new research protocols and for the presentation and dissemination of research findings. 5) Participating in the training and support of staff from outside the department in respect of the principles of psychological care and biopsychosocial interventions in long term conditions. 6) The post holder will work to a Job Plan (reviewed at least annually) and linked to this, a professional development plan, to advance competencies and knowledge regarding the clinical work of the department. This is established and monitored through participation in a performance review. 7) The post holder will fully participate in clinical governance processes, service meetings, clinical audit, the development and observation of service standards and improvement initiatives, observing local and national guidance. 8) The post holder will undertake regular clinical supervision with a senior clinical psychologist from the department (usually the line manager) in line with explicit supervision arrangements. The post holder will at all times observe professional, and ethical guidelines, and stated good practise guidelines for clinical psychologists, as set out by the BPS and HCPC. 9) Participate in the professional organisation of psychologists and related professionals within NBT