Job summary
- Main area
- Assistant Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 24 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-8559
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Wood Centre
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist
Band 4
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a psychology graduate with an interest in neuropsychology, dementia care, and clinical health psychology for a full-time assistant psychologist post. The post is fixed term for 24 months, offering an excellent opportunity to develop knowledge and skills across these specialties, alongside experience of group work and service evaluation.
This advert will close early should we receive a high number of applications.
Main duties of the job
For the first 3 months, the post will be split between the Critical Care Unit (CCU) Psychology Service at Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals (Mon-Thurs) and the Memory Assessment Service at The King’s Wood Centre (Fri). The CCU role will focus on a service evaluation project, collecting data and outcomes. Thereafter, the role will be entirely based in the Memory Assessment Service. You will support and enhance the psychological care of service users, completing neuropsychological assessments and co-facilitating group interventions under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Service evaluation and audit via data collection, maintenance of databases, and analysis of patient reported outcome measures and service user feedback.
- Completion of neuropsychological assessments contributing to the differential diagnosis of dementia in the Memory Assessment Service under close supervision. This will include test administration, interpretation, report writing and providing feedback to service users and their families.
- Co-facilitation of the psycho-education group for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment.
- To ensure the maintenance of accurate and timely documentation/records on all service users in line with professional code and Trust policy.
- To liaise with staff in a variety of settings, ensuring that teams are able to respond effectively and efficiently to the needs of people with cognitive impairment or dementia in their care.
- To attend MDT meetings when required to provide input, and contribute to care plans.
- To assist in the continuing development of a high quality service that is underpinned by evidence based practice, NICE guidance and MSNAP accredited care standards.
- To participate in weekly supervision with a qualified Clinical Psychologist
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Degree in Psychology 2:1 or higher
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate study in relevant area
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Experience of working in a team
- Experience of involvement with research/audit/service evaluation/data collection
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in any capacity with older people, people with dementia, people with long term health conditions
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Andrea Hewitt
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07966278925
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