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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.

Contact

Address: Elizabeth House; Fulbourn Hospital; Fulbourn; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; CB21 5EF
Contact Number: 0800 953 7016

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Ref: 310-OPAC-7077365 Vacancy ID: 7077365

Assistant Psychologist

Accepting applications until: 16-Apr-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 16-Apr-2025 23:59

Location

Site: Brookfields Hospital
Address: 351 Mill Road
Town: Cambridge
Postcode: CB1 3DF
Major / Minor Region: Cambridgeshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (12 months)
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)

Specialty

Main area: Assistant Psychologist

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients of the Integrated Stroke ESD and Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service across inpatient and community settings.
To provide psychological assessment and neurophsychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist. Working independently 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, conducting audits, collection of data and statistics, development of audit and/or research projects and teaching.
To attend psychology supervision on a weekly basis and engage in CPD as agreed with supervisor and professional manager.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people’s mental health services;
Children’s community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

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

Some experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities in a health or social services setting.
Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
Some experience of conducting psychological assessments (neuropsychological/ standardised assessments).

Desirable criteria

Previous experience of an assistant psychologist post or equivalent.
Previous experience of working with people with neurological conditions
Lived experience of mental health.

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Excellent verbal and written communication skills including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive, and in delivering sensitive information.
Able to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively including reflection.
Interpersonally calm and able to diffuse difficult, volatile situations.
An ability to work effectively with the Multidisciplinary team while maintaining boundaries.
An ability to work independently (planning own workload), reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
Good organisational skills including time management but the ability to be flexible.
Experience using computers for databases or data analysis, especially SPSS for windows & Excel.

Desirable criteria

Experience of delivering evidence based psychologically informed interventions.
Experience of conducting service evaluation/audit / research.
Experience of working directly with people with neurological conditions.
Experience of working with carers.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

Some knowledge of the theory behind neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation
An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to people with neurological conditions.
Some knowledge of behavioural management advice
An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people living with long term neurological conditions, including the issues of emotional adjustment.
Some knowledge of models regarding emotional adjustment to long term conditions.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of the psychological issues relevant to existential issues
Knowledge of Mindfulness and Compassion Focused Therapy

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria

Must have access to a personal car and the ability to drive independently around the locality, due to the radius covered and lack of public transport in some area