Assistant Psychologist

The post will be to work within our learning disabilities and dementia pathway alongside a psychologist and the multi-disciplinary team: conducting neuropsychological assessments and writing subsequent professional reports, providing dementia training to staff teams, working with carers to support someone with dementia and supporting with the reviewing of individuals with dementia., The post offers an excellent opportunity to work within a vibrant multidisciplinary team. You will be an integral member of a staff team who are passionate about improving the lives of people with learning disabilities, and are continually developing and implementing different approaches to meet peoples' needs. We promote the use of the broad range of skills acquired through experience, regular supervision and ongoing training., The post will be to work within our learning disabilities and dementia pathway alongside a psychologist and the multi-disciplinary team: conducting neuropsychological assessments and writing subsequent professional reports, providing dementia training to staff teams, working with carers to support someone with dementia and supporting with the reviewing of individuals with dementia.
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.

We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist who ideally has experience of working with people with learning disabilities and additional mental health needs. Please include in your application the reasons for why you are interested in working with people with learning disabilities.
The post covers a wide geographical area across West Surrey and North East Hampshire, and flexible working across our three bases in Chertsey, Aldershot and Guildford is encouraged. The successful applicant's preferences will be taken into account when choosing which base they will be predominantly working from. Due to the travel involved, we can only welcome applications from people with a current valid driving license who have access to a vehicle for work-related purposes.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.