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Higher Assistant Psychologist

🏢 Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust • 📍 Morpeth, England • 🕒 1 day ago

Salary Range

£28,407 - £34,581

£2,367 - £2,882 / mo

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Location Base

Morpeth, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

We are pleased to be recruiting a Band 5, Higher Assistant Psychologist to join an established inpatient psychological services team at St Georges Park in Morpeth. The post is advertised as full-time and will be a fixed term contract for twelve months.

The post will be based on one of our inpatient rehabilitation wards (complex psychosis). The post is a result of a vacancy arising from one of our current Assistant Psychologists moving on from their role. You would be joining a team of Clinical Psychologists, Psychological Therapists, Art Psychotherapist and other Assistant Psychologists. We have excellent administrative support.

A key aspect of the role will be supporting psychological assessment, formulation and interventions with service users experiencing complex mental health problems. This will include individual and group based work.
The role will involve working alongside multidisciplinary staff on the ward by participating in meetings and clinical discussions, supporting team supervisions and supporting indirect work with service users.
There will be opportunities to participate in the development and delivery of training.
Assistant psychologists are supported to access relevant training as part of their role.
Assistant Psychologists will be expected to participate in service development and service evaluation projects.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

An Upper 2nd class honours degree, or higher, in psychology is essential.

Experience of paid or unpaid work with people who experience mental health problems and/or other disabilities is essential.

Previous inpatient experience is an advantage

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 15thJune 2023

Closing date : 6th July 2023

We welcome your application.