
Assistant Psychologist
Active Care Group
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4JX
•2 hours ago
•No application
About
Come and join one of the UK's largest independent providers in neuro and mental healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.
Are you a psychology graduate looking to gain hands-on clinical experience in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment? We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Psychologist to join our team at The Laurels Neurorehabilitation and Specialist Residential Service in Lincolnshire.
As part of our ongoing growth, The Laurels is now developing a dedicated inpatient FND treatment pathway alongside its established neurorehabilitation provision. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role across both areas of our service, helping to shape and deliver high-quality, evidence-based care for individuals with complex neurological and functional disorders.
Working under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist, you will support the delivery of psychological services to individuals with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and their families. This is an excellent role for someone looking to develop their career in clinical neuropsychology or related fields.
*Please note - this advert will close once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
What you'll be working:
Below are our standard working hours but if you are looking for different working hours please feel free to talk to us and we will be as flexible we can around the needs of the service.
- Working 5 days a week
- 37.5 hrs per week
- Monday to Friday
What you'll be doing:
- Keep people safe from any harm and protect their human rights
- Deliver clinical interventions under direct supervision
- Work with colleagues to assess patients and review their care in preparation for MDT meetings
- Assist in the formulation of care plans requiring psychological treatment, under the direct supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist
- Ensure all clinical documentation is of a high standard and patient notes are maintained and filed in the appropriate way
- Assist in the design and implementation of service evaluation and research projects for specialist services
- Provide a high level of communication with internal and external stakeholders
- Maintain and contribute to the standards of professional care, ethics, policies, and procedures
What you'll have:
- A degree in Psychology (2:1 or above) eligible for graduate membership of the BPS.
- Experience working with people with neurological or mental health conditions (paid or voluntary) is desirable.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Organised, motivated, and able to work independently under supervision.
- A genuine interest in clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation.
- Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS.
We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.
What to look forward to:
- 25 days plus bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
- Benefits Hub giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
- Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
- A Nest Personal Pension account
- Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians
- We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
- Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
- Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 by recommending someone you know
- and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group