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Teitl cyflogwr
Assistant Psychologist
Band 4
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
It is important that you complete a formal application form as CV’s alone will not be accepted.
We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
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Trosolwg o'r swydd
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join the multidisciplinary team providing services under supervision to our
secure services for men, based in Ipswich. This is a post for inpatient low-secure ward.
Our inpatient secure services form part of a wide and growing body of clinical services operating in a variety of settings linked to criminal justice
services. NSFT Secure Services offer low and medium secure mental health services for men, an innovative integrated secure mental health
service for women, mental health and personality disorder services in the local prisons, community forensic services, criminal justice liaison and
diversion services and Offender Personality Disorder services in partnership with probation services
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In this role, the post-holder will work alongside a Psychologist on a 16-bedded admission, assessment and rehabilitation low-secure ward for men
at Foxhall House team. The post-holder will work under the umbrella of the wider, well established NSFT Secure Services Psychology Team. Within this role, you will have the opportunity to help deliver risk assessments, mental
health assessments and brief psychological interventions to service users, as well as co-facilitating therapeutic group work. As part of the MDT,
you will be working with the ward team to help create and implement positive behaviour support plans, and to support the ward team with
psychological formulations and psychologically informed practice.
The posts involve working with a range of mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis, personality disorder and neurodevelopmental disorders. There will also be the opportunity to learn about offence specific assessments, formulations and interventions which are delivered by the team.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Benefits included with this role are:-
• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their
experiences and learning from each other.
NSFT is committed to lifelong learning and continuous professional development (CPD) for its entire staff. There are a variety of
definitions of CPD across the professions but it is usually taken to mean learning activities which update existing skills.
CPD is determined through appraisal with a personal development plan agreed between an individual and their manager, with the
commitment of the necessary time and resources.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it
takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- A BPS accredited degree in Psychology.
Experience
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- Experience of quantitative research.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of research in the NHS.
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues.
- Presentation Skills.
Other
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Ability to travel independently.
Gofynion ymgeisio
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Dr Kwun Chan
- Teitl y swydd
- Senior Counselling Psychologist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
Rhestr swyddi gyda Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust yn Proffesiynau perthynol i iechyd neu bob sector