GZ-psychologist FACT Elderly Amstelveen

At GGZ inGeest, you will work as a GZ-psychologist in the FACT team elderly Amstelveen with clients with severe psychiatric disorders. Together with a multidisciplinary team, you offer recovery-oriented psychological treatment. Further develop yourself and contribute to innovative treatment methods. Your heart, knowledge, and experience are much needed.

• The FACT elderly teams focus on the treatment and recovery of people with severe psychiatric disorders (EPA) over the age of 65 with serious problems and dysfunction in multiple life domains. Elderly people with cognitive disorders, where psychiatric comorbidity plays a role, are also treated. If necessary, the family is involved in the treatment.

• FACT elderly offers long-term care-dependent psychiatric clients treatment and support in all kinds of life areas in their own environment outside of the hospital. As a result, severely dysregulated chronic psychiatric clients can also live independently in the neighborhood (or in some cases in a RIBW) with the support of multidisciplinary FACT teams.

• Additionally, we support (re)participation in society. In this, we work together with other organizations to support the client as well as possible. The client receives extra help if necessary, and less help when possible.

• Work is carried out according to the F-ACT method: an intensive form of outpatient community-based treatment from a recovery-oriented perspective by various people working together in one team. Our starting point remains to find connection with the goals and wishes of the client.

• Within FACT Elderly, work is performed in multidisciplinary teams consisting of psychiatrists, specialists in geriatric medicine, nurse practitioners, mental health psychologists, general practitioners, outpatient nurses/coaches, social workers, and trajectory coordinators.

• As a GZ-psychologist at FACT, you have the role of lead clinician and always work together with the multidisciplinary team and referrers. You perform intakes/indication interviews and participate in treatment plan discussions and multidisciplinary team meetings.

• As a GZ-psychologist, you focus on performing treatments and (screening) diagnostic assessments for clients with severe psychiatric, psychosocial, and therefore often complex social problems. This includes treating various disorders such as psychosis, anxiety, and mood disorders, and diagnosing and treating (complex) traumas. 

• You apply appropriate forms of treatment, including EMDR, ACT, and CBT, that are most suitable for this target group.

• As an expert, you offer consultation and advice to other team members, such as psychiatrists, outpatient nurses, and social workers, regarding complex cases. You share your knowledge and offer support in developing and implementing treatment strategies.

• Within GGZ inGeest, you are part of a group of FACT psychologists who meet regularly to discuss treatments and cases, thereby promoting the exchange of experience and knowledge.

• You provide work guidance and supervision to psychologists in training (up to gz-psychologist).

• At GGZ inGeest, in every team we also treat clients with trauma, according to our vision Trauma First – even in cases of comorbidity.
  Do you want more depth? Then you can participate in the trauma train: an intensive treatment program for clients with multiple trauma, the so-called trauma train. Colleagues from different teams and clusters work together in this and find it fun, educational, and interesting: "It provides variety and is a nice way of working together".

• You are BIG registered as a gz-psychologist.

• Within GGZ inGeest, there are internal training positions for the clinical psychologist training program.

• You will receive a permanent employment contract immediately.

• The position at FACT Elderly Amstelveen is for 24 hours per week; if there is a desire for a larger employment contract, this position can be easily combined with a position in another FACT team at the location.

• The position is scaled in FWG 65 cao ggz.

• At GGZ inGeest, we support you in your development, whether it is about deepening expertise, learning new skills, or increasing digital knowledge. You can read how we do this in the general terms and conditions.

• View all employment conditions.

Do you have substantive questions? Please contact Marieke Fortgens-Sillmann (department manager) via 06-14958320 or M.Fortgens@ggzingeest.nl.