Psychology Assistant

Are you a recently graduated Psychologist, looking to give your career the best start? If you care for others without a second thought and are looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and change lives for the better, then join The Chimney’s in Bury St Edmunds.

Whether you are looking for a new career or already work in healthcare through the NHS or private sector, you’ll receive training to join the team, where you will be valued and supported, with career development opportunities available.

It’s a career that you can take pride in while enjoying the satisfaction of helping people and seeing them improve. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

Your responsibilities will include:

• To support qualified psychologists in the provision of the psychology services within the hospital
• To contribute to psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist
• To undertake relevant audits, collecting, analysing and reporting on a range of statistics
• To undertake collaborative research projects
• To devise and undertake teaching and training of staff
• To carry out administrative duties
• To engage with the multidisciplinary team and ensure that the patient is fully engaged in their care pathway

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• Minimum of upper second-class honours degree in Psychology and be eligible for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Experience of working with clients in a similar or related field relevant to the post

Where you will be working: New Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9LR

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £26,669 Plus Benefits
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Flexible working opportunities

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.