Employer Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Western House Town Stansted Salary £28,392 – £31,157 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59
Assistant Psychologist
Band 4
Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.
Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.
We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.
You’ll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.
The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.
We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.
We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.
We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.
Join us and you’ll do the best work of your life – and make a difference to other people’s lives. What we do together, matters.
Job overview
Following the current post-holder leaving to start the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology we have an opportunity for a skilled, organised, motivated and team-focused graduate psychologist to join our team of psychologists in West Essex (Uttlesford). This post will be based with the Adult Community Mental Health Service at Western House in Stansted, Essex (CM24 8AG). West Essex covers a broad geographical area and the post holder may be required to travel to Saffron Walden, Harlow and Loughton as a routine part of the role. The Uttlesford locality includes three qualified psychologists alongside the assistant, with trainees and undergraduate students on placement. This is an interesting and diverse role which will provide the successful applicant with a broad experience and good learning opportunities.
Please be advised that this advert will close early due to an anticipated high number of applicants.
Interviews will be held face to face at Western House, CM24 8AQ and remote interviews will not be considered.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Assistant Psychologist is to assist with all parts of the psychology role, including individual and group assessments and treatment under supervision, administrative and organisational tasks, and audit and service evaluation. Depending on experience, there may be opportunities for the provision of individual interventions and assistance with the delivery of a range of groups to service users alongside their other work. Your work will be supervised by a qualified psychologist and you will thus gain extensive experience of the supervisory process.
Adult Community Psychology in West Essex comprises a small, friendly and supportive group of psychologists across three teams in Uttlesford, Harlow and Epping. They provide specialist assessment, individual and group based psychological interventions for the service users who present with moderate to severe mental health problems aged from 18 upwards. An additional essential part of the psychologists’ role is providing trauma-informed consultation, training and supervision to multi-disciplinary colleagues with whom they are based in order to develop team members’ psychological knowledge and their understanding of clients. The psychologists in the teams have specialist skills and training including in CBT, CAT, DBT and EMDR, and are very supportive of ongoing training and development for Assistant Psychologists as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
To learn more about working within our Services at EPUT, please view our recruitment videos, where members of the team share their experiences and insights into their roles and what it is like working within our Psychological Services, here at EPUT.
Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.
- Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
- Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
- If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
- Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
- Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits
- Season ticket loans are interest‑free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed list of responsibilities.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
- Degree from a BPS accredited course in psychology (2:1 and above); or 2:2 and relevant Masters
- Entitlement to graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society.
- Further postgraduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, health practice and/or research design and analysis
Experience
- Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
- Experience of using IT packages to the level the person can confidently use MS Office to complete tasks such as write reports and maintain Excel databases
- Previous experience of working in the NHS or health care sector
Knowledge/Skills
- Ability to communicate well with people with complex mental health difficulties and staff members from other disciplines
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for people with mental health difficulties
Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email epunft.recruitment.adverts@nhs.net and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre‑employment checks.
Please note –staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
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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.
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