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Job summary

Main area
Adult Mental Health
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
26 hours per week (The service operates within the hours of 9-5 Monday-Friday)
Job ref
040-ACS186-0725
Employer
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
ABSDAS, Hiraeth, Maindiff Court Hospital
Town
Abergavenny
Salary
£26,928 - £29,551 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board logo

Assistant Psychologist

Band 4

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [email protected]

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

 

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join Aneurin Bevan Specialist Drug and Alcohol Service (ABSDAS) on a permanent basis.  The successful candidate will support the delivery of specialist psychological services to people with comorbid substance use and other mental, emotional and psychical health conditions. The service is Pan Gwent.  We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic individual who can work well in a team and independently.

The successful candidate would be joining a friendly and welcoming multidisciplinary ABSDAS team, as well as a thriving and forward thinking psychology specialty. We enjoy a very good reputation as an energetic and inspiring department with excellent levels of professional support and identity and provide a regular forum to learn from one another and develop your ability as a reflective scientist-practitioner.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will deliver low intensity psychological interventions, conduct observations, engage service users and assist the qualified Psychologists with assessments and interventions. 

The successful candidate will support the work of the qualified psychologists and psychological therapy team by undertaking audit and evaluation, assisting with teaching, training and service development projects.

The successful candidate will be required to travel across the ABUHB patch to provide assessments and interventions in service users own homes or in a clinic, and to assist with teaching and training locally and sometimes further afield. Therefore, the ability to travel between sites in a timely manner is essential.  Telephone and on-line support/training will also be a requirement of the post.

The successful applicants will benefit from high levels of support and high quality supervision throughout.   There is plentiful opportunity for informal contact with peers and with qualified staff.  

We welcome applications from individuals who have previous experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist on an honorary or paid basis, who are motivated and able to use their initiative.  We also welcome applications from people with lived experience of psychological distress or use of mental health services.  Options for flexible working are available.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opened in November 2020.  Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good honours degree in Psychology (First or Second Class)
  • Eligibility for Graduate Membership of the BPS
Desirable criteria
  • Research degree
  • Training or formal qualifications in an evidence-based psychological therapy

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Voluntary or paid experience in mental health services or caring environments
Desirable criteria
  • Previous work as an Assistant Psychologist or Research Assistant.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Scott Parfitt-Davies
Job title
Clinical Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01873 735566
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