Assistant Psychologist • Reading Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nAssistant Psychologist with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Reading, England, United Kingdom\n\n INTERNAL ONLY - This post is open to Berkshire Healthcare NHS Employees Only Please note the PayScale currently in use is Agenda for Change 2023/2024. We will update the 2024/2025 PayScale once confirmed. Interviews are due to be held on 25 September 2024. We are looking to recruit an Assistant Psychologist to work full-time at Prospect Park Hospital on our Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). You will be based on our Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at Prospect Park Hospital. Under supervision of a Counselling or Clinical Psychologist. You will take on a clinical caseload that will include both individual and group work with adults with complex mental health presentations. You will offer assessments and interventions (both individual and group) to patients and carers. You will support the running of team formulation sessions, teaching and staff support sessions. You will develop resources, write reports and gather background information on patients who have recently been admitted. You will input into your allocated ward’s multi-disciplinary team meeting. You will be support the quality improvement work on your ward and in the Psychology team. You will be part of the Inpatients Psychology team and receive peer support from the six other Assistant Psychologists in the team. At times you may work on the other wards at Prospect Park Hospital, as needed. Occasionally you might also support your ward or others wards at Prospect Park Hospital with non-Psychology tasks if there is a need for this. Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish. Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Caring for and about you is our top priority Committed to providing good quality, safe services Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us. Benefits Of Working For Us Include Flexible working options to support work-life balance 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell Generous NHS pension scheme Excellent learning and career development opportunities ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave Free parking across Trust sites If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Catherine Evans-Jones Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: catherine.evansjones@berkshire.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01189605111"}