Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Our team is a large, well-established and supportive multidisciplinary team offering holistic health care support to children and adults who have a learning disability living in North Tyneside. We are currently looking to employ a full-time assistant psychologist to join our established clinical psychology department within the community learning disabilities team. Main duties of the job
The post holder will be managed and professionally led by the principal clinical psychologist for North Tyneside Community Learning Disabilities Team and supervised by other qualified staff. The post is primarily a clinical role, focusing on supporting our qualified staff in assessments and therapeutic interventions with children and adults with learning disabilities. The post-holder will be empathetic, adaptable, and responsive to the needs of our patients and have experience of working with people with learning disabilities. You will also demonstrate emotional resilience and a capacity to maintain a compassionate approach even in stressful situations. Experience of using psychometrics or carrying out research would be beneficial as this will be a key part of the role. Job responsibilities
To assist in research projects and/or project work including clinically related administration, conduct of audits, and the collection and interpretation of research data under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist where tasks are agreed and reviewed at appropriate intervals. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries. Person Specification
Qualifications
A 1st/2i level degree in Psychology (BA or BSc) (or Masters degree in Psychology, following a degree in a non-psychology subject) recognised by the BPS Post-graduate training in counselling skills or other areas of psychology Experience of working with people with learning disabilities Experience of working as an assistant psychologist or research assistant Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Our team is a large, well-established and supportive multidisciplinary team offering holistic health care support to children and adults who have a learning disability living in North Tyneside. We are currently looking to employ a full-time assistant psychologist to join our established clinical psychology department within the community learning disabilities team. Main duties of the job
The post holder will be managed and professionally led by the principal clinical psychologist for North Tyneside Community Learning Disabilities Team and supervised by other qualified staff. The post is primarily a clinical role, focusing on supporting our qualified staff in assessments and therapeutic interventions with children and adults with learning disabilities. The post-holder will be empathetic, adaptable, and responsive to the needs of our patients and have experience of working with people with learning disabilities. You will also demonstrate emotional resilience and a capacity to maintain a compassionate approach even in stressful situations. Experience of using psychometrics or carrying out research would be beneficial as this will be a key part of the role. Job responsibilities
To assist in research projects and/or project work including clinically related administration, conduct of audits, and the collection and interpretation of research data under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist where tasks are agreed and reviewed at appropriate intervals. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries. Person Specification
Qualifications
A 1st/2i level degree in Psychology (BA or BSc) (or Masters degree in Psychology, following a degree in a non-psychology subject) recognised by the BPS Post-graduate training in counselling skills or other areas of psychology Experience of working with people with learning disabilities Experience of working as an assistant psychologist or research assistant Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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