Assistant Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This Assistant Psychologist role is part of a national program to improve equity of access to psychological professions training. The post holder will work part-time (1.5 days per week) for 12 months within Secure Services at Northside House, supporting qualified psychologists. The role involves working with service users with various mental health difficulties and learning about offence-specific assessments and interventions. It aims to provide experience for psychology graduates from underrepresented backgrounds.
Essential criteria
- A BPS accredited degree in Psychology at 2.1 or above
- Experience of quantitative research
Desirable criteria
- Experience of research in the NHS
- other
- Barrier identified (financial, educational or social)
- alues or experiences that show your capability to work psychologically with diverse population of service users & their families
- motivation
- Interest in Psychological Professions
- Interest in working with forensic service users
- A BPS accredited degree in Psychology at 2.1 or above
- Experience of quantitative research
- Experience of research in the NHS
- other
- Barrier identified (financial, educational or social)
- alues or experiences that show your capability to work psychologically with diverse population of service users & their families
- motivation
- Interest in Psychological Professions
- Interest in working with forensic service users
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Assistant Psychologist
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
NSFT are delighted to be recruiting an Assistant Psychologist to work within our services across Norfolk and Suffolk, under the widening access scheme funded by NHS England.This is a part time (1.5 days per week) position, for 12 months.
This scheme for aspiring psychological professionals is part of a nationally funded programme that aims to improve equity of access to training in the psychological professions. Some psychology graduates experience a range of barriers which reduce the chances of making a successful application to undertake postgraduate training, and we are passionate about supporting local people in overcoming these barriers.
This disadvantage affects certain groups such as first-generation graduates and care leavers; those who receive additional financial aid or with caring responsibilities. It is also likely that this impacts additionally across other socio-economic groups significantly under-represented in psychology including psychology graduates from ethnic groups who may experience marginalisation within the communities which we serve. We therefore particularly welcome applications from people fromall these backgrounds.
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