Band 5 Assistant Psychologist - Bath

The post will be based in Sycamore ward, an adult acute inpatient ward and the BANES Intensive Service, both based at Hillview Lodge on the Royal United Hospital site located in the beautiful city of Bath, Somerset.
Both teams support service users in their recovery from acute mental health challenges, through multidisciplinary professional teamwork and the adoption of evidence-based clinical practice. You will be joining established multidisciplinary teams, where the role of psychological practitioners is much valued. The post will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist.
You will work with other colleagues from the BANES Therapies Team, currently Clinical Psychology, Art and Music Psychotherapy in addition to Clinical Associate Psychologists and Mental Health Well-Being Practitioners, to develop and provide an effective therapies offer across the acute pathway., The post-holder will support the delivery of individual and group evidence-based psychological interventions, to service users on Sycamore ward and under the BANES Intensive Service. They will also support the Practitioner Psychologists in the facilitation of team formulations for these two teams, for example reviewing and summarizing the clinical record in preparation for the team formulation session.
The post-holder will support the qualified Practitioner Psychologists in the evaluation of the service provided, and in undertaking relevant QI projects.

Working for our organisation
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
The Royal United Hospital site, is located only a short walk away from the centre of Bath, a beautiful, family friendly and vibrant city, with direct trains to London and easy access to nearby Bristol. Bath offers all the advantages of city living, whilst surrounded by beautiful countryside.