Assistant Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves supporting and enhancing the professional psychological care of clients across various inpatient and outpatient forensic settings. The Assistant Psychologist will provide psychological assessments and interventions under supervision, assist with clinical administration, audits, and research projects. They will also receive regular clinical supervision and gain broader experience within NHS professional psychology.
Key responsibilities
- Support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients.
- Provide psychological assessment and interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
- Assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects.
- Undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological theory.
- Assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving psychological treatment and/or management of client problems.
- Contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.
Essential criteria
- A lower second class (2.2) honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
- Work with people with mental health problems and/or learning disabilities and/or offenders.
- High levels of communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be emotive.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems/offending behaviour or learning disabilities.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context.
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An interest in working within forensic settings with individuals with mental health problems.
- An ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- Able to travel throughout the catchment area, without unnecessary delay.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision, particularly in the care group of the specialty of this post.
- Mental Effort - Frequent concentration required when assessing clients, writing up reports and when undertaking client sessions
- Emotional Effort - Contributes to therapy service working with emotionally demanding clients.
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
- Driving licence & car owner
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £33,262 – £36,027 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Psychologist
The closing date is 09 September 2026
Job summary
There are currently six posts available across the Bracton Centre and Memorial Hospital. The posts will cover the following areas and will involve split roles at the discretion of the team:
- Burgess Clinic: a male medium secure acute inpatient ward at the Bracton Centre.
- Crofton Clinic a male medium secure acute inpatient ward at the Bracton Centre.
- Danson Clinic: a male medium secure rehabilitation inpatient ward at the Bracton Centre.
- Heath Clinic: a male assertive rehabilitation ward at the Bracton Centre.
- Birchwood Clinic: a male medium secure pre-discharge inpatient ward at the Bracton Centre
- Joydens Clinic: a female low secure inpatient ward at the Bracton Centre.
- William Morris Centre: The WMC is the central hub of the Oxleas Community Forensic Psychological Therapies Service and provides assessment and group psychological therapy for outpatients within the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, and Greenwich. Professionals work with people whose complex difficulties have contributed to patterns of interpersonal violence.
- Hazelwood Clinic : a male low secure acute inpatient ward at Memorial Hospital.
- Greenwood Clinic: a male low secure rehabilitation inpatient ward at Memorial Hospital.
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