Assistant Psychologist - Dietetic Assistant

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients referred to the Paediatric Obesity service.

To support with psychological assessment and intervention under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

To support with the development and facilitation of group interventions for children, young people and their families.

To develop appropriate resources for use within clinical work with children, young people and families under the care of paediatric medical teams within Addenbrooke's

To work alongside the Paediatric dietetic team and in conjunction with the advanced paediatric dietitian assist in the provision of specialist dietetic services to the CEW Service.

To work within a multi professional framework and contribute to a first class dietetic service through evidence based clinical practice, management, education, research and audit.

To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly underrepresented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Essential: - An honours degree or higher in psychology.; - Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.

Desirable: - Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Essential: - Experience of working with children and young people.

Desirable: - Experience working with children, young people and families specifically in medical settings.; - Experience of conducting audits.; - Experience of co-facilitating groups with service-users and/or teams.

Essential: - High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.; - Excellent time management and organisational skills.; - Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.; - Advanced keyboard and technology skills

Essential: - An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with physical health conditions.; - An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to this population.

Desirable: - Awareness and application of diversity issues in clinical practice.

Essential: - An interest in working with children and families.; - An interest in working with children and families with severe obesity and/or complex medical presentations; - A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology.; - An interest in human nutrition and dietetic interventions.; - An interest in the role food and food choice plays in severe obesity and related complications.