Assistant Psychologist
- NHS
- Full Time
- Crouch End
- 30142.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
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We are excited to be recruiting a full time role for an Assistant Psychologist to join our dynamic voluntary sector adolescent mental health service.
Our mission is to make talking therapy as accessible as possible to all young people in Haringey who need it.
We are seeking a highly capable and creative Assistant Psychologist with strong administrative & data management skills and experience of clinical work. This role will allow the successful candidate to gain experience in the core elements of our service (clinical, data management and administrative support).
- 1.0 FTE post (37.5 hours per week)
- Must be available to work some evenings until 7pm
- 12 month fixed term contract, with hope of extension
Closing date: Thursday 18th June @ 23:59
Interview dates: Monday 6th & Tuesday 7th July
We welcome applications from candidates with lived experience of all kinds, including applicants from the global majority and those who are neurodivergent.
PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE IS SUBJECT TO AN ENHANCED DISCLOSURE & BARRING SERVICE CHECK AND REQUIRES THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Psychologist role offers the opportunity to work closely with highly specialist Clinical & Counselling Psychologists (including regular clinical supervision) and with an experienced team of psychotherapists.
There may be opportunities for direct supervised clinical work using CBT & other therapeutic modalities, as well as opportunities to observe and be involved in psychological assessment. Responsibilities may include co-facilitating a CBT informed waiting list group and a service user co-production group.
The role may involve data analysis, embedding new data systems into the organisation and undertaking research to support the clinical service, funding bids, etc.
The post will also incorporate the role of Clinical Administrator to provide assistance to our administrative team. This role involves a great deal of direct patient contact, including taking referrals to the service. Front line administrators are often the first point of contact for young people & parents/carers. This is a challenging role, demanding both sensitivity and efficiency, and can provide valuable experience in preparation for clinical training.
The post is ideally suited to Psychology graduates who wish to pursue a career in Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology or Psychotherapy. Assistant Psychologists at Open Door have a high success rate for obtaining a place on clinical doctorate training.
Please see below for a detailed job description and person specification.
About us
Open Door is an NHS ICB commissioned voluntary sector service based in Haringey, North London, providing a range of therapeutic services for young people aged 12-24 and parents/carers. We form part of the Haringey CAMHS pathway for 12-18 year olds and are a highly regarded clinical service.
Open Door recently received national recognition for our impact, as a 2024 finalist for the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Award for Reducing Inequality and Improving Outcomes for Children and Young People.
Open Door offers talking therapy to adolescents and young adults on a brief, medium and longer-term basis. The team comprises Child & Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapists, Psychodynamic Psychotherapists and Counselling Psychologists who offer psychotherapy, CBT, drama therapy, therapeutic football groups and EMDR.
Our clinical team comprises both qualified and trainee therapists, the majority of them NHS trained, and all of whom are professionally accredited. We are a highly skilled team and many of our clinicians also teach on professional trainings.
Open Door works from bases in Crouch End and Tottenham, and provides services in local secondary schools and the Haringey Autism Hub. Most of our work is delivered in person as this is what most young people tell us they want. Demand for the service is high.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. More than half of our young people are from global majority communities, and approximately 1 in 4 are neurodivergent.
Job responsibilities
The post involves undertaking two key roles
Specialist Assistant Psychologist (approx. 0.6 FTE)
Key duties may include
- Undertaking 1:1 CBT work under regular supervision with a Clinical Psychologist
- Observing and contributing to psychological assessment
- Undertaking group work, including co-facilitating the CBT informed waiting list group and the service user co-production group
- Managing and conducting data collection and analysis, and producing reports for the senior clinical management team
- Supporting the development of service user participation in outcome monitoring and service development
- Contributing to training in new systems and protocols for clinical outcome monitoring and evaluation
- Working with data staff to upload parent service data into Open Door's central system, enabling clinical outcomes to become more accessible
- Developing data management systems and strategies for uploads to NHS England
- Undertaking other research and evaluation activities in order to support service development
- Training therapists on outcome measure collection / data capturing systems
Clinical Administrator (approx. 0.4 FTE)
This post will provide administrative support for all clinical services within Open Door. This may include delivering the following functions
a) Referrals, appointments and clinical administration
- Take and process referrals
- Correspondence and communication with patients, professionals and other contacts by letter, telephone, e-mail, etc.
- Set up appointments in the patient management database and ensure patient records are up to date at all times
- Provide administrative support to Open Door's clinical team
- Ensure that patients attending appointments are appropriately greeted
- Liaison and co-operation with other administrative staff, volunteers, and the clinical team
- Organisation of waiting room, resources and notice boards
- Organisation of room bookings for Open Door and private therapists
- Booking and maintaining records for interpretation services
- Support the Intake Team to ensure that the waiting list is properly managed and updated
- Communicating with and having knowledge of other local services as required
Open Door uses a patient management database called Clinic Office, together with Microsoft Office 365, to aid the administration of these functions. The post holder is expected to be proficient in the use of these software packages, although training will be provided for Clinic Office. We are currently in the middle of a data transformation project which will include new systems for collecting and analysing outcome measures. The post holder will receive training and be expected to support the clinical team in implementation.
b) Information systems
- Administration of outcome measures completed by patients at key stages in their treatment
- Helping to prepare information for the management of Open Door's work or for external funders
c) Other Support
- Responsibility for opening and closing the office
- Ensuring the facilities are neat, tidy and welcoming at all times
- Ability to take on smaller one-off tasks / projects aimed at improving administrative processes
- Offer administrative support to additional projects where required, such as the production and distribution of Open Door's annual report, organising public events or contributing to the process of funding applications
GENERAL
a) This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the Senior Clinical Administrator, Psychology Lead or CEO.
b) This job description may be reviewed in the light of changing service requirements; any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.
POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES
a) The post holder is required to comply with Open Door's policies, procedures and guidelines, including those related to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, Environmental, Complaints, Child Protection, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, Information Governance and Disciplinary and ...
