This is a unique opportunity for a talented and highly motivated Assistant Psychologist, with a special interest in mental health and long term physical health conditions, to develop their clinical and data analysis skills. This role is designed specifically to support our integrated pathway agenda, so that patients with physical and mental health needs can receive coordinated treatment. The service has already come a long way in developing relationships with physical healthcare, and this role will build on already established pathways and create new ones.

The successful applicant will work under the supervision of our LTC Deputy Clinical Lead, to provide psychological assessments and treatment to service users with depression and anxiety in the context of long term physical health conditions (LTC). They will also contribute to the development of the service through audits, data collection and research.

You will be supported and encouraged to attend CPD and training to help you develop in your role.

We'd like to see a real passion for physical and mental health someone with ambition and drive to make direct improvements for our service users.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must be psychology graduates with at least a 2:1 degree and be eligible for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society. You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, good organisational skills, and the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.

You will have excellent data analysis skills and be competent in using Excel and SPSS. We are particularly interested in individuals who can demonstrate research skills, as a significant proportion of the role involves analysing outcome data and carrying out audits to help with service improvement and delivery.

If you are invited to interview, you must bring with you any academic qualification certificates and evidence you hold, as applicable. Offers cannot be made without this information.Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details of the role/responsibilities and requirements for this post.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trustare one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

About us - Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust

Heard. Respected. Included. Together, we help people with mental ill-health, learning disabilities and autism to live life to the fullest. We work throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk...

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will support the Deputy Clinical Lead in relationship building of mental health and physical health services, which will involve face to face meetings, attendance of MDTs, support the oversight of pathways and coordinated treatment between services.

You will assist in reporting data, the accurate recording and allocation of pathway cases on the patient recording system as well as use of appropriate clinical measures.

You shall have the opportunity to liaise with other mental health primary and secondary services, and link with the Psychological Professions Network group.

You will be provided specialist LTC supervision and engage in the supervision and support from other Assistant Psychologists across the service.

You will have the opportunity to deliver treatment groups, workshops and webinars, ideally co-produced and co-delivered with colleagues in physical health services.

For further information please see our Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Hons Degree in Psychology or higher
• 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
• Additional training in Long- Term Physical Health conditions

Previous experience

Essential

• Experience of work with people with mental health problems
• Understanding / compliance with prof standards / practice
• experience of data analysis, especially excel and SPSS

Desirable

• Experience of primary care services
• Experience of delivering digital interventions
• Experience in an IAPT service
• Experience of undertaking audit in clinical services
• Work or lived experience with long- term physical health conditions

Skills / knowledge / ability

Essential

• High standard report writing
• Can communicate sensitive information, respectfully and empathically

Communication skills

Essential

• Interact effectively with staff from all disciplines
• Can work as member of team
• Interest in CMI working
• High level communication skills, in highly emotive environments

Desirable

• Fluent in languages other than English

Analytical skills

Essential

• Can assess CMIs
• Understands importance of evidence based interventions

Physical Skills / Effort

Essential

• IT skills to enable online activity
• Can undertake the role remotely from team members, in accordance with guidance
• Can travel to meetings / training / Trust sites
• Can work flexibly , across hours of work

Mental / Emotional Effort

Essential

• Can work under pressure to agreed activity contract
• Manages own workload
• Self reflective with service users, in own development and in supervision
• Can develop good therapeutic relationships

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Saffron Ground, Stevenage SG1 3LJ

Saffron Ground, Ditchmore Lane

Stevenage

SG1 3LJ

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