Assistant Psychologist

Assistant Psychologist

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.







Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

(Under appropriate supervision from a qualified clinical psychologist or CBT therapist)

1. To observe clinical psychological assessments and contribute to the writing of psychological reports.

2. Where appropriate, to undertake protocol based psychological assessments, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients,





family members and others involved in the client’s care.

3. To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems.

4. To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups. To observe groups and contribute to the clinical notes of these sessions.

5. To attend and contribute to appropriate team meetings.

Teaching, Training and Supervision

1. To undertake mandatory and statutory training, supervision and annual appraisal as required by Trust policy.

2. In common with all psychology and psychotherapies staff, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.

3.





To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.

Management, Recruitment and Service Development 1. To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.

2. To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.

Other

1. To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holder’s professional and team/operational manager(s).

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To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.

3. To prepare test materials and visual aids as required.

4. To undertake specific administrative duties as required.

▶️ Assistant Psychologist
🖊️ South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
📍 London