Experience

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Psychologist in Training

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• gameChange Research Assistant

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2020

  Bristol, United Kingdom Conducting clinical screenings and research assessments in the community, building meaningful tasks, presenting virtual reality demos to clinical teams to inform referrals, relaying recruitment figures in team meetings, recruiting participants with psychosis for the wider gamechange trial and providing a mentoring space to people with lived experiences.

• Assistant Psychologist

  • Jul 2018 - May 2019

  Salisbury, United Kingdom Completing assessments and formulations for adults with psychosis, depressive and anxiety disorders, and self-harm behaviours, delivering CBT and DBT informed interventions and contributing to Safewards within the inpatient service.



Beyond Fear Foundation

• Trustee

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2019

  Gloucestershire Supporting the development and maintenance of peer support groups for people affected with eating disorders across the region, creating local protocols to manage aggression in the space, attending quarterly meetings to review peer support groups, financial updates and legalities and reviewing policies for the charity.



University of Leeds

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• eMentor

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Online Supporting psychology students with tips for gaining relevant experience, discussing ideas of varied clinical settings and career pathways and researching current opportunities.



Priory

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Psychologist (across 2 services)

  • Feb 2017 - Jul 2018

  Stroud Conducting psychological assessments, designing processes of collecting outcomes and attendance, summarising group attendance for Planning Days, developing, facilitating and evaluating psychoeducational groups within a MDT for young people with self-harm behaviours and eating disorders.



TutorHunt

• A Level Psychology tutor

  • Apr 2017 - Dec 2017

  Gloucestershire Supporting A-Level psychology students locally in various areas including academic writing, revision and research methods.



Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Psychologist

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  High Wycombe Providing psychological assessment and intervention to individuals experiencing low mood, anxiety and weight management difficulties. Additionally producing service evaluation following statistical analysis of patients clinical outcome data.



Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Psychologist

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Aylesbury Providing psychological assessment and intervention to individuals with chronic pain and fatigue syndrome as part of a multidisciplinary team. Additionally producing service evaluation following statistical analysis of patients clinical outcome data.



The Limes

• Support Worker

  • Mar 2014 - Dec 2015

  Cambridgeshire Provision of psychosocial support to individuals with mental and physical illnesses, chaired “residents meetings” for patients to voice their thoughts and concerns and attended mandatory training sessions. The cohort of illnesses included Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive disorder, Diabetes, Renal Failure and much more.



Bath Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2015 - Sep 2015

  Bath, United Kingdom Shadowing clinicians assessment clinics and group treatment programmes for individuals with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, assisting with administrative tasks and data entry, attending seminars and Mandatory training sessions. My research explores the relationship between patients expectations of the specialist service and health outcomes following group treatment.



The British Psychological Society

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Bath Hub Lead

  • Oct 2014 - Sep 2015

  Bath, United Kingdom Organisation and planning of the Bath ‘Psychology in the pub’ events, opportunity to network with Psychologists with differing interests



Nurseplus UK Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Support Worker

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

  Cambridge, United Kingdom Assistance patient's nutritional needs, engaging in food and art therapy and going on day trips



Union House

• Administrator

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2014

  Cambridge, United Kingdom My role as an Administrator involved processing urgent and routine mental health referrals, allocating timeslots to patients to see clinicians including Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, and Community Psychiatric Nurses and Support Time Recovery workers. Additionally, I produced appointment letters for patients, uploaded documents for clinicians following team meetings and consultations and answered various telephone calls.



Cambridge Cognition

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2013

  Cambridge, United Kingdom Successfully recruited 100 healthy volunteers, collected, analysed and interpreted neuropsychological data, and read scientific papers for addition to the database.



Community Links

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

  Leeds, United Kingdom As a volunteer my role was varied including updating the organisation's website and visited individual's recovering from long term mental health issues in their homes to ensure they were effectively integrating back into wider society.



Kidz Klub

• Volunteer

  • Oct 2012 - Jul 2013

  Leeds, United Kingdom I supported children from deprived areas across Leeds during my undergraduate degree. I helped the children to engage in the sessions by being an active member in the games, songs and dancing. Additionally, I ensured that the environment was safe for the children and assisted with the preparation of the Saturday morning sessions. Furthermore, I ensured the children were safe upon arrival and departure to and from club and had the opportunity to meet the children’s families during weekly… Show more I supported children from deprived areas across Leeds during my undergraduate degree. I helped the children to engage in the sessions by being an active member in the games, songs and dancing. Additionally, I ensured that the environment was safe for the children and assisted with the preparation of the Saturday morning sessions. Furthermore, I ensured the children were safe upon arrival and departure to and from club and had the opportunity to meet the children’s families during weekly visitations. Show less



Thomson Reuters

• Canada
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Analyst

  • Jul 2012 - Jan 2013

  Leeds, United Kingdom My responsibilities as a database analyst included collating, coordinating and unifying global institutions using the WAAN database system.



University of Leeds

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Leeds, United Kingdom I completed two Research Assistant projects including improving facial composites in eyewitness identification and changing intergroup attitudes via nostalgic thinking. The former project increased my appreciation for psychology in a forensic context and understanding the implications of improving face identification in a legal context. The latter project involved improving attitudes towards individuals with mental disorders by nostalgic manipulations in healthy volunteers



Cambridge Brain Repair Centre

• Data Analyst

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2011

  Cambridge, United Kingdom My role included entering and coding research data on Parkinson’s and Huntingdon’s Disease and performing quality control checks to ensure consistency and accuracy. The research data included a variety of psychometric scales including Beck's depression inventory.