Job Summary
Humber NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join the Older Peoples Mental Health Psychology Service provision across the Humber region. This will be a fixed term contract for 12 months.
Older Peoples’ Mental Health services have been going through a significant period of transformation and change. This includes an innovative approach to Older People who are living with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. This assistant role will involve working with older people with emotional needs within the functional mental health inpatient setting of the ward, Maister Court.
We are looking for someone who is motivated and enthusiastic with good verbal and written communication skills, good organisational skills, with the ability to work flexibly as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
The main assistant psychology role within this service will involve:
- The collection of assessment data (including information from the service-user and family)
- Review of psychiatric files
- Contribution to formulation
- Contribution to behavioural management plans
- Delivery of interventions within the ward (with the opportunity to contribute to and explore some community settings within the wider service as part of annual leave or sickness cover if it arises). These interventions include coping with emotion, pain, sleep, solution focus approach and anxiety management.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.