Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-SC7215189
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Rowan View
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist
Band 4
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
We are seeking two dynamic and motivated Assistant Psychologist who are enthusiastic about working with and improving the quality of life of adults with intellectual disability to join our multi-disciplinary team (MDT). The posts are based at Rowan View. Ideally you will have experience of working with individuals with a learning disability. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of clinical psychologists within the team.
This role will involve supporting the work of the MDT alongside clients, their families, and carers. Our MDT is holistically minded in respect to care, understanding, and support provided to our self-advocates. We also have an active group of Assistant Psychologists within our Secure Services who meet regularly to support service developments and service-related projects.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users and their carers.
The ability means and willingness to travel between multiple sites in the course of performing duties is essential.
This post is subject to an enhanced check with adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate’s role will involve supporting and enhancing the psychological care of clients within the service, proactively addressing psychological needs. The role comprises psychological assessment, formulation and intervention, audit and service evaluation, and administrative support as required.
The successful candidate will receive excellent support and regular supervision from a qualified Clinical Psychologist and training opportunities for continuing professional development. The team have good links with the Liverpool, Lancaster, and Manchester Doctoral Programmes. Applicants should hold a good honours degree, which confers Graduate Basis for Registration of the British Psychological Society. The ability means and willingness to travel between multiple sites in the course of performing duties is essential in this post. The role will involve regular travel across multiple sites in the Mersey Care mid-Mersey catchment area. Therefore, the post holder must be able to meet the travel requirements of this post. Please indicate on your application how you meet this requirement.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To support Practitioner Psychologists undertaking psychological assessments of clients applying psychologically based psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
To assist in the formulation and delivery of interventions involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist, in a community setting, as appropriate.
Having received instruction through supervision, to provide one-to-one consultations with service users, working autonomously within the limits of this instruction and within personal competence.
To use a degree of initiative and work independently with service users on planned work, and to exercise judgement based on good practice (NICE) and local operating procedures.
To work with potentially distressing material in relation to service users’ personal histories and presentation, including risk to self and others.
Preparing agreed assessment reports accurately in the accepted format.
Where required, to assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups.
In common with all professional psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.
To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties through engagement with CPD opportunities and self-guided learning
To contribute to the training and support of other staff.
To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.
To attend MDT meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.
To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.
To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist qualified professional psychologists in evidence based practice in individual work and work with other professionals.
To contribute to the development and maintenance of high professional standards of practice, through active participation in training and development programmes, in consultation with the supervisor.
To maintain clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.
To prepare test materials and visual aids as required.
To undertake specific administrative duties as required.
The post holder must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other Trust business in accordance professional codes of conduct and relevant legislation such as the Data Protection Act.
Promote the concepts of equality of opportunity and managing diversity Trust wide.
Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed upon them under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, paying due regard to health and safety in the workplace and management of risk to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and employees.
Maintain consistent high professional standards and act in accordance with the relevant code of professional conduct (if applicable). Employees are expected to participate in the performance review process.
Support the development of performance standards within the Service/Department to ensure the service is responsive to and meeting the needs of its customers.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • An honours degree in that satisfies the British Psychological Society criteria for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership
Desirable criteria
- • Post graduate training in areas relevant to psychological practice, mental health and/or research design and analysis
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- • Work experience in any organisation
- • Experience of research methodology, data collection, analysis and report writing
- • Knowledge of a broad range of Psychological theories and the application of these to mental health, in particular, self-harming behaviours
Desirable criteria
- • Experience designing and conducting large scale research, audit or service evaluations
- • Previous experience working with service users and families
- • Knowledge of Psychological Therapies
- • Knowledge of NICE guidelines
- • Knowledge of policies and legislation relevant to Learning Disability Services
Values
Essential criteria
- • Continuous Improvement
- • Accountability
- • Respectfulness
- • Enthusiasm
- • Support
- • High professional standards
- • Responsive to service users
- • Engaging leadership style
- • Strong customer service belief
- • Transparency and honesty
- • Discreet
- • Change oriented
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Excellent interpersonal skills
- • High level communication skills – verbal and written – with professionals, children, young people and families
- • Good time management skills
Desirable criteria
- • Proficient IT skills
- • Ability to communicate sensitive information to children, young people and families
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Carlisle
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 459 5504
- Additional information
Amy Willgoose 0151 459 5605
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