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Role: Scientific Writer

• Time: Part-time or full-time.
• Location: Remote / hybrid
• Salary: Competitive – dependent upon experience

 

Job description

We are at a critical stage in our development and have an opportunity for an experienced psychological therapist – clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, or CBT therapist – to join the Psychology Tools team as an scientific writer.

As a scientific writer you will play a key role in creating resources for therapists, their patients, and the public. Key responsibilities will include:

• Developing resources for psychological therapists and their patients (e.g. worksheets, exercises, information handouts, skills-development guides, audio resources).
• Writing highly curated summaries of scientific and clinical literature to create accessible accounts of clinical best practice for a range of techniques.
• Reviewing and updating our library of existing resources.
• Writing articles for mental health professionals.
• Collaborating with other psychologists, and with designers and editors in the production team.
• Help to inform our content strategy.

It is anticipated that this role will be a hybrid / remote role. You will be expected to attend some in-person meetings at our offices in Reading, but the majority of the role will require self-directed research and writing.

We are looking for part-time and full-time candidates, but the minimum commitment would be 3 days per week.

 

About you

The successful candidate should have a professional qualification in clinical psychology, counselling psychology, or CBT. They will have a minimum of 5+ years of post-qualification experience.

You will be able to demonstrate an ability to write for different audiences, and your output might include: articles in a scientific journal, articles about psychological concepts for a lay audience, books, or self-help resources for patients.

The successful candidate may also have demonstrated experience as a science communicator / public communication of science but this is not essential. Applications from psychologists with experience working for a university course team are also welcomed.

Essential experience

• Professional qualification as a clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, or CBT therapist.
• Minimum 5+ years of post-qualification clinical experience.
• Proven ability to write for different audiences (e.g. lectures, books, scientific articles).
• Strong grounding in CBT.

Desirable experience

• Published author with a varied portfolio.
• Has worked as part of a course team on a CBT / clinical training course.
• Experience of conducting and publishing research in the field of psychology.
• Experience working in child and adolescent mental health services and experience of delivering CBT interventions to children, adolescents, and their families, or
• Experience working with ACT, MI, CFT, or DBT approaches.

 

Role / Time:

• We can offer part-time or full-time roles with a minimum commitment of 0.6 FTE.
• This role is remote friendly – although the successful candidate would be expected to attend in-person planning meetings at our Reading office.

 

Benefits

• Flexible work environment.
• 25 days holiday per annum + national holidays.
• Company pension scheme.

 

To apply for the post please send a copy of your cv along with a cover letter describing how you meet the essential and desired criteria to [email protected]. If you have questions, or would like to have an informal discussion about the role please get in touch and we can arrange a convenient time.