Job summary
- Main area
- Assistant Psychologist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 395-KM115-25
- Employer
- NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Courtyard
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 4
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
The post holder will be a member of the Kent and Medway All-age Eating Disorders team. The post holder will be required to identify, assess and manage people who present with a range of eating disorder issues. The post holder will be a member of the team and have support of other team members in the management of these cases. They will be expected to attend and participate in team meetings. The post holder will support people and enhance the professional psychological care within the service, across all sectors of care, providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions of a routine nature, under the direct supervision of a qualified professional psychologist drawing on their supervisor’s expertise. To work according to a plan agreed with a 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. The post holder will support their peers and team manager and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will have a commitment to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies. They can offer in-depth psychological assessments for complex cases, provide basic therapeutic input and assist in group work. They can also facilitate outcome monitoring and evaluation.
Main duties of the job
· To undertake, under the direct supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, protocol based psychological assessments of clients, including the use of self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
· To assist in the formulation and delivery of routine care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems, under the direct supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
· To assist, under the direct supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups.
· To manage an ongoing programme of audit of outcomes from treatment involving measures administered to clients and families at multiple stages during their care journey.
· To analyse this data and contribute to the production of reports of outcomes for the team and for commissioners.
· To support clients using online treatment packages via phone and email.
· To support the multi-disciplinary team at all stages of the research process including writing grant applications, data collection, data analysis and write up of results.
· To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
· To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full details of the job description and main responsibilities can be found within the full job description attached.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through NEU Professionals - Https://NEUprofessionals.com. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group.
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
Desirable criteria
- Experience of paid work in direct care
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An awareness of NHS priorities. Experience using RIO and Ardentia for databases or data-analysis, especially Windows
- High level communication skills (written and verbal). Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with eating disorders.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context. An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
- Experience using RIO and Ardentia for databases or data-analysis, especially Windows
Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with people with eating disorders
- Ability to work reliably and consistently with work agreed and supervised at regular intervals.
- An interest in working with people with eating disorders
Other
Essential criteria
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively. A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
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
- Carley Tomlin
- Job title
- Integrated Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 300 1980
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