Band 5 Assistant Psychologist - Bristol Inpatient

Job description

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Assistant Psychologist to work at Callington Road Hospital, assisting with the delivery of psychological interventions as well as contributing to the development and evaluation of Inpatient Psychology as part of the Inpatient Transformation, which aims to make admissions during a mental health crisis therapeutic and Trauma-Informed. We use Comprehend Cope Connect as our core model for delivering CBT-based interventions adapted for acute mental health needs. The job requires excellent interpersonal skills to work with service users and multidisciplinary colleagues, as well as skills to effectively organize and maintain data sets and managing a varied caseload. Experience of working on wards or with people experiencing acute mental health problems would be valuable.

The post-holder will join a supportive Inpatient Psychology team with opportunities to link with peers through team meetings, shared projects, and peer supervision groups. In addition, you can join the dynamic CPD network for inpatient psychological practitioners across the Trust. Opportunities for CPD will be available, tailored to the acute care pathway. We have good links with regional Clinical Psychology training courses and there will be opportunity to work with others in the early stages of their careers including Trainee Clinical Psychologists, other Assistant Psychologists and Undergraduate Placement Students.

Main duties of the job

Service development and evaluation work will make up approximately half of the post-holder's workload; this will include contributing to the development of resources and processes as well as gathering, analysing and reporting on data. Clinically, the post-holder will work on a dedicated ward for part of the week as well as contributing to the running of the site-wide psychology group programme where required. This can include working with intense emotions and distress as people recover from a mental health crisis.

Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.

Working for our organisation

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details of responsibilities attached to the role.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

Essential criteria

• An honours degree in Psychology (2:1 or 1st)
• Eligibility for graduate membership of the BPS

Desirable criteria

• Introductory training in a psychological therapy

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a previous Assistant Psychologist post, or equivalent health professional role.
• Audit or research experience.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Excellent organisational and IT skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with and value diversity
• Ability to work collaboratively with other staff

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• Experience with/empathy for individuals who have experienced acute mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times.

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,- we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

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