Assistant Psychologist • Gloucester Gloucestershire Health and Care 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 Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucester, England, United Kingdom\n\nGloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is looking to recruit an experienced Assistant Psychologist to work within the specialist service of low secure rehabilitation at Montpellier Unit, Gloucester. This permanent two day per week job forms part of a job share and the contract is reflective of this. Montpellier provides rehabilitation to 12 men within a low secure environment. The core aspect of the service is to provide assessment and treatment to those who present with mental disorder and pose a risk to others, with an aim to facilitate recovery and transfer into the community. Montpellier unit is cited alongside Wotton Lawn Hospital which has four acute wards and a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU). There are an additional three clinical psychologists an art psychotherapist and a clinical associate psychologist (CAP) working within these wards and together the psychologists and art psychotherapist form a small inpatient department. The Assistant Psychologist will become part of this department. In the wider community, psychologists, psychotherapists and art psychotherapists working within Recovery, Assertive Outreach and Early Intervention Teams form complex psychological interventions (CPI). Hence, there will be opportunity to gain experience from these professionals and have access to CPD. Wotton Lawn Hospital tour - YouTube The Montpellier team is multi-disciplinary and there is an expectation that the Assistant Psychologist will be a fully active and integrated member of the team. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake routine assessments and interventions (both individual and group), continue to routinely administer outcomes for psychological and psychosocial interventions as well as wider outcomes for the unit in accordance with College Centre for Quality Improvements (CCQI). The Assistant will work closely with and under the supervision of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist. As the role forms part of a job share, there is the expectation that there will be good communication and handover with the Assistant Psychologist within the other part of the job share. We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. About The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that: 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Louise Knowles Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: louise.knowles@ghc.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01452 894580"}