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  <p>This is an exciting opportunity for a recently qualified psychology graduate to contribute to the Dementia Assessment and Support service (DASS) here in Shropshire.</p> <p>This post is for a fixed term of 12 months, full-time. It is anticipated that we will not be able to acquire additional funding for an extension of the post after this time.</p> <p>The post will provide an opportunity to develop clinical skills and competencies working in a specialist service. The post would also be suitable for a graduate with strong research skills who wishes to pivot towards a more clinical role.</p>   <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post will specifically focus on providing psychologically informed reviews of clients and carers known to our service and additionally, the collation and analysis of significant volumes of complex audit data.</p> <p>Firstly, your working time will be providing a holistic assessment of client and carer needs and drawing on additional team support or signposting to relevant external agencies. <em>This will be intensive work with clearly defined objectives and expectations.</em></p> <p>Additionally, you will undertake a project to collate over a decade of neuropsychological test data relevant to the assessment and diagnosis of clients, summarise this data and produce reports and papers based on the findings.</p> <p>There may also be additional scope for initial history taking and information gathering of clients who are awaiting further assessment within our assessment and diagnosis pathway.</p> <p>Much of your client contact will be telephone or video based. Audit work will require spending considerable time at the clinical base in Shrewsbury. There will be an expectation of some face-to-face work with clients across a large, rural geographical region.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;</p> <ul>  <li>Supporting your career development &amp; progression</li>  <li>Excellent NHS Pension scheme</li>  <li>Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave</li>  <li>Options for flexible working</li>  <li>Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)</li>  <li>Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources</li>  <li>If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients</li>  <li>Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate</li>  <li>Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates</li>  <li>Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k</li>  <li>Free car parking at all trust sites</li>  <li>Free flu vaccinations every year</li>  <li>Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)</li> </ul> <p>We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.</p> <p><strong>Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.</strong></p> <p><strong>Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.</strong></p>


      
        
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  <p>12 September 2025</p>

  
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      <p>Severn Fields Health Village</p>
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    <p>In addition to supporting the team with review and assessments we hope that the role will provide significant opportunities to develop your clinical skills and further your opportunities to follow a career in psychology:</p> <p> Administration and scoring of psychometric tests as part of the diagnostic pathway</p> <p> Individual client work under appropriate supervision</p> <p> Teaching and training</p>  <p>The successful applicant will have a minimum 2:1 degree in psychology. We hope you will highlight a strong commitment to working with older people and/or individuals whose lives have been impacted by dementia. <em>Applications that do not specifically express such an interest are unlikely to be successful.</em></p> <p>The post may require travel to clients homes and our clinical bases across the county.</p> <p>Supervision and training will be provided to support the post holder and there will be opportunities to participate in continuing professional development. We hope to provide you with a wide variety of clinical opportunities and we have a strong track record in helping assistants meet their career goals. Peer support group participation with other assistant psychologists will be strongly encouraged.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>In addition to supporting the team with review and assessments we hope that the role will provide significant opportunities to develop your clinical skills and further your opportunities to follow a career in psychology:</p> <p> Administration and scoring of psychometric tests as part of the diagnostic pathway</p> <p> Individual client work under appropriate supervision</p> <p> Teaching and training</p>  <p>The successful applicant will have a minimum 2:1 degree in psychology. We hope you will highlight a strong commitment to working with older people and/or individuals whose lives have been impacted by dementia. <em>Applications that do not specifically express such an interest are unlikely to be successful.</em></p> <p>The post may require travel to clients homes and our clinical bases across the county.</p> <p>Supervision and training will be provided to support the post holder and there will be opportunities to participate in continuing professional development. We hope to provide you with a wide variety of clinical opportunities and we have a strong track record in helping assistants meet their career goals. Peer support group participation with other assistant psychologists will be strongly encouraged.</p>
    
  


      
  
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  


 

      
  
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    <p>Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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