Higher Assistant Psychologist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Rhagfyr 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £31,049.00 i £37,796.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 09 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Plymouth, PL4 7PY |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | B9832-2025-SP-1128 |
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JOB PURPOSE To support the qualified psychologists working within the acute pathway through undertaking clinically supervised psychologically-informed assessments and intervention with people with varying and complex mental health challenges who are admitted to an acute inpatient setting or are under the care of the Home Treatment Team either as an alternative to an admission or post discharge. To undertake brief psychological interventions, individually or in groups, and with families and professional carers. To proactively work with MDTs and service users to support the development of psychological formulations and communicate how these can inform care and treatment in both the inpatient and community settings. To support research projects, service evaluations and clinical audits as required SCOPE AND RANGE The post relates to the two 18 bedded acute mental health wards (one male and one female) housed in the Glenbourne Unit and the Home Treatment Team (HTT). Referrals to the acute wards are gatekept by HTT and can be received from across Plymouth and other areas of Devon, with a number of beds commissioned by Denon Partnership Trust. The Home Treatment team, which offers an alternative to hospital admission, to keep people who are experiencing acute mental health difficulties out of hospital and living in the community, is based at Riverview on the Mount Gould Hospital site. The post holder will work flexibly across the service areas depending on demand and service priorities. The post holder will provide a range of psychological assessments and interventions, likely to include contributing to initial assessments to clarify psychological needs, assessment of suitability for psychological intervention, and risk assessments, all of which will be carried out either jointly or individually, when appropriate, supervised by a Registered Psychologist. MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES 5.1 Clinical To work sensitively and respectfully with clients with mental health difficulties who may sometimes be in distress and high emotional states, to engage with them in order to deliver psychological interventions. To carry out a range clinical assessments with adults with severe and enduring mental health conditions using interview skills, standardized tests and informant based measures, including screening assessments, cognitive assessments, suitability for psychological therapy, and assessments of various emotional and/or behavioural issues. To work within organizational guidelines to provide input into assessments of complex psychological problems including: the long-term effects of childhood trauma; and other complex bio-psychosocial presentations. To be able to provide psychological interventions in 1:1 and group settings, and with families and professional carers, and to organize own caseload which will include clients with varying severe and enduring mental health presentations living in the community, including people attracting a diagnosis of personality disorder; chronic depression and anxiety; bipolar presentations; and psychosis and schizophrenia. To undertake joint work with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, as appropriate. To utilize psychological theory and apply it to clinical situations in order to integrate assessment data and begin to develop psychological formulations To be able to communicate, by talking and writing, psychological formulations and intervention plans to the client, family members, carers and professional colleagues as appropriate. The post holder will be in part a community-based member of staff and will be expected to travel around the catchment area in the course of their duties. To maintain appropriate client records as required by the employer. To maintain clinical resources and databases as required by the team. Policy and Service Development To comment on policy and service development documents. The post holder will be expected to identify and support areas of service development. Human Resources To receive regular clinical supervision from a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist. Required to demonstrate own duties to new staff; train other health care staff in specific tasks/assessments. To provide teaching input on a variety of training courses, including staff CPD sessions. Research and Development To assist with research, evaluation studies and clinical audit that is relevant to the acute mental health pathway. To conduct statistical analyses using SPSS and Excel and prepare data tables, graphs, etc. To assist with the dissemination of the results to service users, carers, service managers, other professionals and academic audiences.