Assistant Psychologist

Would you like to join a compassionate, friendly and supportive team, where you can make a significant difference to the lives of people living with long-term health conditions? We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Psychologist to join our Clinical Health Psychology Team at Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool. This is a full time post of 37.5 hours per week on a fixed-term contract for 12 months., You will join other psychological staff who are all based in the team and you will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist. You will contribute to the psychological care of patients of Aintree hospital with long term conditions, particularly those with type 1 diabetes and people who have experienced an amputation.

Tasks will include carrying out psychological assessment and interventions (individual and group) under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist, assisting in clinically related administration, conducting audits and collection of statistics related to departmental research projects, training and project work. The post will require liaison and joint working with multidisciplinary colleagues and agencies. The role is busy, varied and interesting. There are opportunities for MDT working and group work.

You will receive professional and clinical supervision from senior clinical psychology colleagues, and there is lots of peer support and development opportunities. Our department has close links with the North West DClin training courses and regularly provides training placements.

Please note that we will close thisadvertearly if high numbers of applications are received. Therefore please ensure that if interested, your application is submitted as soon as possible.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.