Assistant Psychologist

To help support the data collection processes for Children and Young Peoples(CYP-IAPT) within a multi-disciplinary CAMHS service. To assist in clinically related administration, completion of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work. There will also be opportunities to undertake clinical work under supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist and support the psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

The roles involve supporting clinical staff in using and interpreting routine outcomes measures in a meaningful way within care pathways, including staff training, supporting the analysis and reporting on clinical outcomes at a team, borough and tri-borough level. Having good IT skills and knowledge of Excel and SPSS would be desirable. Excellent communication skills are necessary to liaise and support clinical staff & teams. An interest in working with children and young people (CYP) is essential.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

Training and Qualifications

Experience

Essential: - Total years' experience as an assistant psychologist and/or research assistant is less than 5 years

Knowledge and Skills

Essential: - Demonstrates ability to write clearly and coherently such as is required in outcome reports