Job Description

Reporting to the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist, you will join the Psychology team in an adult mental health rehabilitation and recovery service. You will be guided and supervised as you assist with assessments, formulations and treatments to people within 1-1 and group settings. 

As an Assistant Psychologist, you will assist in clinically related administrative duties, including conducting audits, collection of statistics, developing audits and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

Other responsibilities: 

• Deliver specific interventions and based routine psychological assessments under the management and supervision of the relevant Clinical Psychologist
• Assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological intervention and/or management of the service users concerns, under the supervision of the Clinical Psychologist. 
• Write clinical reports and keep clinical records on clients to agreed service standards
• Engage in and make optimum use of regular clinical supervision to monitor and inform clinical practice and identify areas of need for further personal and professional development
• Assist in the training and teaching of staff
• Build and develop referral pathways, communicate service referral criteria and establish a basis for the possible extension of psychological therapy interventions to people

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities