About This Role
This full-time Assistant Psychologist role involves supporting the delivery of psychological services under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. The position focuses on conducting psychological assessments, contributing to care planning and therapeutic interventions, and providing therapeutic support to clients across various clinical settings.
Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of psychological services under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist
- Conduct psychological assessments
- Contribute to care planning and therapeutic interventions
- Provide therapeutic support to clients across different clinical settings
- Assist with therapeutic groups and multidisciplinary team activities
- Communicate sensitive clinical information to clients, families and healthcare professionals
- Maintain accurate clinical records and prioritise workload effectively
- Support teaching, training, clinical audits, research and service evaluations
- Collect and analyse data and assist with report writing
- Use IT systems to support clinical practice, service delivery and performance monitoring
- Work in line with Health Board policies, professional standards and clinical governance requirements
Requirements
- Good honours degree in Psychology
- Eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Knowledge of psychology, lifespan development, psychopathology and research methods
- Understanding of the client group served by the clinical team
- Experience working with clients in clinical, social care or educational settings
- Experience in therapeutic work or developmental assessments
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including empathy and the ability to communicate sensitive information
- Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams under supervision
- Good assessment, observation, data recording and organisational skills
- Ability to work independently within agreed guidelines and manage workload reliably
- Basic IT skills
- A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required
Nice to have:
- Experience working with children, young people and families across different settings
- Additional skills training
- Advanced IT skills
- Ability to speak Welsh
Benefits
- Skilled Worker visa sponsorship applications are welcome and will be considered alongside other applications
- Opportunity to gain experience in psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions
