Assistant Psychologist - Inpatient Mental Health

Overview

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop clinical skills by facilitating group work and 1:1 work. The successful postholders will also deliver bespoke off ward groups with a clinical psychologist or psychological therapist. You will work closely with your clinical supervisor and ward teams, which will enable you to foster good working relationships. There will be opportunity for you to participate in team formulation sessions and reflective practice.

The inpatient psychology team meet regularly, including monthly professional development slots to share learning and develop clinical skills. The inpatient psychology team meet regularly, including bi-weekly professional development slots to share learning and develop clinical skills.

• Direct clinical work including co-facilitation of groups, 1:1 clinical work or potentially working with the individuals system e.g. family/carers.
• Attending MDT daily review meetings and departmental meetings and team development slots
• Engaging in reflective practice sessions
• Conducting quality improvement projects
• To work with the inpatient psychology team to support the delivery of a high-quality, responsive and accessible psychological service.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed