Senior Assistant Psychologist - #145760

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Senior Assistant Psychologists to join the Northampton Memory Assessment Services (MAS) within Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT). The post will provide the successful candidate with a balance of experience within assessment of dementia and post diagnostic support for people with dementia. Our services have regularly been successful in aiding our Assistant Psychologists to gain a place on the Clinical Doctorate and this is the reason that this post has become available.

We request that applicants write a short piece (no more than 500 words) entitled:

"What are the psychological needs of people going through the process of dementia assessment?” and include this in their supporting information.

The post holder will work within an enthusiastic multidisciplinary team to:

• Offer enhanced neuropsychological assessment for more complex presentations within the MAS
• Co-facilitate supportive and psycho-educational groups and workshops to help people who have received a dementia diagnosis, and their carers
• Collaborate in using outcome information to inform and develop good practice
• Help develop systems and audit projects to allow any data collected to inform Trust management, commissioners, users and other relevant stakeholders of the needs of this population
  
  

We would like to recruit staff who are committed and dedicated to working with Older People.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Birkett-Swan Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07986606368

If you would like to discuss this opportunity, please contact Dr Louise Birkett-Swan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist ([email protected]) to arrange a time.