Band 4 Assistant Psychologist

Job summary Come join our dynamic and passionate multidisciplinary team at The Haldon Eating Disorders Inpatient Service in Exeter.
You will be joining a small supportive psychological team working with our 10 patients on the ward as well as supporting their families/carers and the wider team.
There are opportunities to develop your psychological knowledge and skills across the clinical psychology competencies and to support the service as we develop.
Main duties of the job Taking a lead on co-developing plans with patients and their family/carers to support their emotional and sensory regulation.
This involves working closely with the qualified psychologists, ward OT, and nursing team.Taking a lead on ensuring patient outcome measures are completed, analysed and reported to the monthly Governance meeting.Taking a lead with our Senior Peer Support Worker to facilitate our weekly community meeting with all patients to ensure our service develops based on patient feedback.Taking a lead with our Senior Peer Support Worker to co-run focus groups and to design and analyse online surveys for service development activities.Supporting Senior Leadership Team with data analysis on service provision to inform service development activities.Taking a lead on organising, documenting and disseminating weekly team formulation sessions, including liaising with external agencies.Join the team in supporting our patients in the dining room to eat when they are often distressed and modelling psychological care in action.Facilitating psychological and psychoeducation groups on the ward, developing these and co-facilitating alongside the qualified psychologists and Trainee Clinical Psychologists.Co-facilitating the monthly family/carers online group with the Family Therapy Assistant.Providing individual skills based sessions including mindfulness and exposure work.
About us About Devon Partnership TrustWe provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally.
We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing.
We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we doOur valuesWe not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values.
These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion.
We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010.
Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible.
We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities.
We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job description Job responsibilities The principal purpose of this job is to supportthe team to improve the psychological health and wellbeing of people and their families who arebeing supported within the Haldon Eating Disorder Service and the proposed Assertive Outreach/Intensive Treatment programme whichwill be led by the Haldon team.This will be achieved in this post through undertaking thefollowing areas of responsibility:1.
Undersupervision, contributing to psychological assessment and individual, family orgroup interventions as appropriate.2.Under supervision, contribute to the multidisciplinary therapeutic programme onthe Haldon and, when operating, the Assertive Outreach programme which will involve travel around Devon anduse of virtual platforms for online sessions.3.
Providingsupport to the Haldon Eating Disorder Senior Leadership Team in terms ofdeveloping and undertaking additional audit and research activities.4.
Supportingclinical staff to improvethe quality and efficiency of reporting on Clinician Rated Outcome Measures,Patient Rated Outcome Measures and Patient Rated Experience Measures within the The Haldon Eating Disorder Service and Assertive Outreach programme.5.
Thepost holder will receive regular professional and clinical supervision inaccordance with Trust policy and with Professional Practice Guidelines set outby HCPC and the British Psychological Society.
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Thepost holder will work within professional guidelines and DPT procedures andprotocols.7.
Thepost holder will be supported by qualified psychological professionals,including Clinical Psychologists and by senior colleagues within thespecialism.
The post holder will be expected to make good use of the expertiseof others within the service to further develop their skills.
Person Specification Experience Desirable Experience of specialist psychological research and audit of services Experience of working under supervision in secondary care adult mental health services Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.
Experience of working clinically within inpatient settings Experience of multidisciplinary working SKILLS & ABILITIES Essential Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills Excellent IT skills Ability to integrate complex data; make highly skilled evaluations and decisions.
Organisational, planning and time management skills Ability to work under pressure and cope with deadlines Project management skills Presentable Clear telephone voice Calm, methodical approach, friendly but concise Ability to drive and access to own vehicle An Enhanced DBS Check will be required for this role.
Ability to work independently within a supervised context and defined occupational procedures and use initiative within a service consisting of a network of teams Ability to work as a member of a clinical team Ability to tolerate ambiguity and maintain own morale and motivation in challenging service delivery contexts Knowledge Desirable Further training in research and evaluation methods Qualifications Essential BA or BSc in Psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society.
IT Skills.