Experience

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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

• Clinical Associate Psychologist

  • Oct 2022 - Present

• Trainee Clinical Associate Psychologist

  • May 2021 - Oct 2022



East London NHS Foundation Trust

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

• Life Skills Recovery Worker/ Activities Coordinator

  • Mar 2020 - Mar 2021

  Acute in-patient psychiatric unit, providing care to working age male adults from Bedfordshire.Roles Include:• Admitting patients- Involved in the admission process. This includes taking physical measures, conducting lifestyle assessments and taking baseline psychometric data.• Writing personalised care plans- Working directly with the patient to discuss want they want from their admission. These include what interventions they want and how they want them to be delivered.• Leading and facilitating groups- Led groups such as mindfulness-based workshops with patients.• Quality Improvement lead – Led a QI project in reducing violence and aggression across psychiatric wards in Luton. Involved collating and analysing over 500 incidents of violence/aggression.• Professional development – Worked with external services such as Psychiatric Liaison service, community mental health teams and drug/alcohol services to expand my knowledge of the mental health sector.

• Clinical Support Worker

  • Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

  An intensive care in-patient ward for service users who need high levels of support for short periods of time as part of their recoveryRoles Include:• Building patient relationships- Connecting and supporting patients, families, carers and friends through their recovery pathway.• Delivering interventions- Delivered interventions defined within personalised care plan. Facilitated activities/groups and ward-based projects.• Monitoring physical health – Carrying out physical observation tests such as blood pressure, blood sugars, heart rate and oxygen saturation to check they are within normal ranges.