Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Rampton psychology team as an Assistant Psychologist to support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the National Learning Disability.

The post holder will have the opportunity to join a vibrant busy team of qualified staff and assistants and will be required to work alongside and under the supervision of qualified clinical or forensic psychologists in relation to one or more clinical teams.

Under supervision of a qualified psychologist the post holder will provide a specialist psychological assessment and therapy service to ward clinical teams within the Hospital.  The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy and will offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, working autonomously as appropriate and within professional guidelines and Rampton Hospital’s policies, procedures and service priorities.    

Under supervision you will participate fully in multidisciplinary clinical teams in providing a service to their patients.  Will develop knowledge and skills in general aspects of forensic clinical psychology and in particular the assessment and treatment of patients within relevant services.  To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the service to which they are allocated.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for providing highly specialist psychological assessments to patients within the National Learning Disability  service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients and others involved in the patients’ care.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions, individual and group, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
To be responsible for providing safe, compassionate and evidenced based care in accordance with professional codes of conduct and trust policies and guidelines.    

To maintain records of care and treatment in accordance with trust policies and guidelines.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment