Psychology Assistant - Primary Care Adult Psychology, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon
Cpl Healthcare, in partnership with the HSE Mayo/Roscommon Psychology Service are recruiting for a locum Psychology Assistant.
You will join a large Psychology Department for Mayo/Roscommon which provides psychological services in Primary Care, CAMHS, Mental Health and Acute Hospital Services and has strong links with local universities.
The Psychology Assistant post will be based in the Castlerea Primary Care Centre, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon with the APSI Primary Care Adult Psychology service and will be supervised by a Senior Psychologist in Adult Primary Care.
The Psychology Assistant will join the APSI Primary Care Adult psychology service and will work within their competence to provide a range of psychological support to designated adult service users/groups in conjunction with guidance from their clinical supervisor.
Job responsibilities:
·In line with best practice screen written referrals and contact service users to offer initial appointments.
·In line with evidence based practice undertake prescribed triage assessments of service users using prescribed standardised semi-structured interviews; formal psychometric instruments; and direct observation.
·Provide reports as required in accordance with required standards.
·Integrate assessment findings to inform clinical case formulations.
·Using clinical case formulations assist the qualified Psychologist(s) in the process of allocating service users to prescribed interventions based on service user preference and clinical need. Where appropriate, and in line with evidence based practice deliver a range of prescribed brief evidence-based interventions to service users including guided self-help; psycho-educational groups; and relevant CBT e.g. computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT
The Candidate:
Have a Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) accredited qualification at not less than a Level 8 at 2.1 honours grade on the QQI qualifications framework in which psychology was a major subject.
OR
(ii) A Level 8 honours degree in another subject together with an accredited conversion qualification at a minimum of (2.1) as conferring eligibility for graduate membership of the Psychological Society of Ireland.
OR
(iii) A qualification equivalent to the above accredited by the British Psychological Society for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
OR
(iv) A qualification equivalent to either (i) or (ii) which would allow the applicant to become a graduate member of the PSI.
Access to appropriate transport in order to fulfil the requirements of the role
For an immediate interview please forward your CV to Kami at or call Kami on 01
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