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Assistant Psychologist (Project development)- Alcohol Care Team

Employer
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Cambridge
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 per annum pro rata
Closing date
1 Nov 2024
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We are looking to recruit a dynamic and enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist for a new fixed term post which is funded by a grant received from the Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust to develop Motivational Interviewing informed Package of Care (MI-PC) for patients presenting to Addenbrooke's Hospital with severe alcohol misuse.

This fixed term post will involve working with the Alcohol Care Team (ACT) and people with lived experience of alcohol issues to develop a motivational interviewing based psychological intervention suitable for patients in acute hospitals. The primary objective of this post is to develop and support testing this intervention in this patient group. The post holder will join a psychologically minded and highly supportive team who are keen to develop the intervention which may later be used in a research context.

The project will run over 9 months to develop and test a manualised psychological intervention based on Motivational Interviewing. The proposed intervention will include a patient kept component to reinforce the intervention. The development process will include a literature review and identifying similar interventions, working in groups with ACT staff, hospital staff and Experts by Experience and gathering and analysing feedback from external stakeholders and patients who have had the intervention.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work according to a plan agreed with the Project Leads, and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. They will also assist in review of literature, audit of team data related to the project, analysis of statistics, publishing the research project, teaching and other project work within the service.

The Assistant Psychologist will work within the Alcohol Care Team (Liaison Psychiatry Service), with a blended approach of both remote and on hospital site working. The Alcohol Care Team consist of Consultant Addictions Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Addictions Nurses as well as Community Drug and Alcohol Service link workers. The aim for developing the proposed intervention is to enhance patient care and improve clinical outcomes.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Research and service evaluation

To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist the Project team to ensure the intervention is in line with evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

To lead on designing the initial drafts of the intervention and process of feedback from different stakeholders for further refinement to ensure implementation of the project.

To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.

Clinical responsibilities

To support delivery of the intervention as part of a brief pilot of the proposed intervention, under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist.

Under close supervision carry out data collection while working alongside the multidisciplinary team.

To collate and analyse feedback data to support ongoing development of the project.

To attend and contribute to appropriate clinical meetings.

To assist in the development of a psychologically minded Alcohol Care Team.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology
  • Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society


Desirable

  • Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
  • Evidence of training in Motivational Interviewing interventions


Experience

Essential

  • Work with people with mental health difficulties or challenges related to alcohol use


Desirable

  • Experience of paid work in direct care provision
  • Experience of working in an acute hospital settings
  • An enthusiasm for working in Addictions


Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Knowledge of issues and models relating to Alcohol misuse
  • Experience using computers for information recording and basic data analysis
  • High level communication skills (written and verbal,) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
  • Ability to communicate well with staff and colleagues
  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with psychological difficulties and mental health challenges
  • An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care
  • Knowledge of the application of psychological approaches to assessment and intervention
  • High standard of report writing


Desirable

  • Experience in data-analysis using SPSS for Windows
  • An understanding of issues within an acute hospital setting


Personal Qualities

Essential

  • An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines
  • An ability to interact with people with mental health difficulties
  • Ability to work independently, reliably, and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals


Desirable

  • An interest in working with people with mental health difficulties


Other

Essential

  • Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
  • Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
  • Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working
  • Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
  • Ability to work in a team


Desirable

  • A desire to explore a career in Clinical Psychology


Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Addenbrooke's Hospital

Hills road

Cambridge

CB2 0QQ

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310-ASMH-6662583

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