Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical and Forensic Psychology
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 367-LD&F-8252
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Beech Ward, Kingsley Green, Radlett, Hertfordshire. WD7 9HQ
- Town
- Radlett
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum, pro rata + 5% of basic salary (min £1,192 max £2,011)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Practitioner/Assistant Psychologist
Band 4
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
This post is equally split between an Associate Practitioner nursing role on Beech Low Secure Ward and an Assistant Psychologist role within the Adult Mental Health Forensic Psychology Service (AFPS) covering both Beech Low Secure Unit and the Community Forensic Team.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible in discharging duties and carrying out clinical nursing procedures/techniques within agreed competencies, including; devising care plans, assisting with physical health care, promote the development of evidence based clinical processes etc.
To support and enhance the professional psychological care of service users, providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified clinical psychologist and within the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. To assist in clinical related administration, development of audit and research projects, and the delivery of teaching and training programmes.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on…
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post is equally split between an Associate Practitioner nursing role on Beech Low Secure Ward and an Assistant Psychologist role within the Adult Mental Health Forensic Psychology Service (AFPS) covering both Beech Low Secure Ward and the Community Forensic Team.
Please see job description for details of the role, including responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (FdSc) or a willingness to undertake this
- Psychology.Honours Degree (minimum 2:1) in Psychology, accredited by the British Psychological Society.
Desirable criteria
- Training in risk assessment measures, e.g. HCR20v3.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with individuals with complex needs including developmental disorders, mental illness and forensic issues.
- Experience of communicating with clients who have severe limitations in comprehension and expression
Desirable criteria
- Minimum of 3 years experience as a Health Care Assistant – working in a Health & Social Care setting/or a similar setting.
- Experience of working across a range of care settings including out-patient, in-patient, community and residential care settings
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Sarah Flury
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07799 490349
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