We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and passionate assistant to join the Department of Psychological Medicine as part of an established team working with on the Neurorehabilitation Unit at Goole and District Hospital in North Lincolnshire.

The post involves providing psychotherapeutic interventions on a one-to-one basis, completing cognitive assessments, and supporting cognitive rehabilitation programs for people with a range of neurological conditions. Additional responsibilities include supporting the department with service developments, audit, literature reviews and waiting list interventions.

Continuing professional development of our team is important and valued by the department, and therefore there are many opportunities to pursue this. We are dedicated to developing our assistants and helping them in making an application to the Doctorate course.

This post is suited to someone with an interest in working with people with acute and long-term neurological conditions.

Main duties of the job

To support the delivery of highly specialist psychology services within a Level 2a Neurorehabilitation Unit.

About us

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over �1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/

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We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Hons in Psychology
• oCounselling / therapy experience
• oPrevious experience working in a therapeutic role

Desirable

• oAchievement of Bsc (hons) 2:1
• oPost qualification training in research methods and analysis

Occupational Experience and Abilities

Essential

• oCurrent UK driving licence. If it is essential that you are to travel independently across the locality, you must have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.
• oExperience with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• oAn enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomenon, including psychological therapy, knowledge and skills.
• oExperience of carrying out cognitive tests, including administering and scoring.

Desirable

• oKnowledge of safeguarding procedures.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• oKnowledge of mental health problems.
• oAbility to communicate effectively at both written and oral level, including sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional people within and outside the NHS.
• oAble to work independently, prioritise and manage own workload.
• oAble to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• oAble to seek advice and supervision when required.
• oBe able manage stressful and emotive situations calmly professionally and effectively whilst maintaining own boundaries
• oExperience or knowledge of psychological difficulties associated with long-term health and neurological conditions

Personal Qualities

Essential

• oMust be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of core trust values and be able to articulate in practice
• oApproachable and friendly.
• oAble to use constructive criticism.

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Goole Neurorehabilitation Unit, Goole District Hospital

Woodland Avenue

Goole

DN33 2BA

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