Assistant Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
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Role summary
This Assistant Psychologist role is central to the Adult Trauma and Psychotherapy department, encompassing clinical activity, outcome measures, audit, research, and quality improvement. It's a joint post split between the trauma and psychotherapy teams, involving attendance at team meetings and opportunities for supervised clinical work, including co-facilitating psycho-educational groups. The post holder will also be involved in data collection, analysis, report generation, and supporting training initiatives.
Essential criteria
- Psychology graduate
- A 2.1 or 1st class honours degree in Psychology or equivalent. Eligibility for Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Experience of mental health services.
- Good understanding of principles of research and data analysis including well developed skills and knowledge in quantitative methods
- A good understanding of the role of outcome monitoring and service evaluation in specialised assessment and mental health services.
- Basic computer literacy, competence with Excel and SPSS and experience of using software to record, analyse and present data effectively.
- Good understanding of the role of outcome monitoring in specialised psychotherapy and mental health services.
- Capacity to engage with patients in an appropriate way in the administration of measures and the maintenance of contact.
- Good oral and written communication, presentation and interviewing skills.
- Ability to form effective working relationships with people from a range of communities, ethnic groups and professions.
- Systematic & methodological approach to work.
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate research experience
- Previous experience of undertaking the organisation of monitoring and evaluation systems in a clinical team
- Knowledge and experience in qualitative methods.
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Capacity to engage with professionals and patients in an appropriate and sensitive way
- Ability to work effectively in a team
- Good oral and written communication, presentation and interviewing skills.
- Ability to form effective working relationships with people from a range of communities, ethnic groups and professions.
- Systematic & methodological approach to work.
- Willingness to promote mental health and wellbeing awareness to clients
- Understanding and knowledge of Safeguarding
- Knowledge and understanding and equality and diversity issues
- Ability to work on own initiative and maintain confidentiality
- Psychology graduate
- A 2.1 or 1st class honours degree in Psychology or equivalent. Eligibility for Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Experience of mental health services.
- Good understanding of principles of research and data analysis including well developed skills and knowledge in quantitative methods
- A good understanding of the role of outcome monitoring and service evaluation in specialised assessment and mental health services.
- Basic computer literacy, competence with Excel and SPSS and experience of using software to record, analyse and present data effectively.
- Good understanding of the role of outcome monitoring in specialised psychotherapy and mental health services.
- Capacity to engage with patients in an appropriate way in the administration of measures and the maintenance of contact.
- Good oral and written communication, presentation and interviewing skills.
- Ability to form effective working relationships with people from a range of communities, ethnic groups and professions.
- Systematic & methodological approach to work.
- Postgraduate research experience
- Previous experience of undertaking the organisation of monitoring and evaluation systems in a clinical team
- Knowledge and experience in qualitative methods.
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Capacity to engage with professionals and patients in an appropriate and sensitive way
- Ability to work effectively in a team
- Good oral and written communication, presentation and interviewing skills.
- Ability to form effective working relationships with people from a range of communities, ethnic groups and professions.
- Systematic & methodological approach to work.
- Willingness to promote mental health and wellbeing awareness to clients
- Understanding and knowledge of Safeguarding
- Knowledge and understanding and equality and diversity issues
- Ability to work on own initiative and maintain confidentiality
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £38,488 – £46,852 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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North London NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Psychologist
The closing date is 04 October 2026
Job summary
The Assistant Psychologist plays a central role within the Adult Trauma and Psychotherapy department, holding several functions that span the domains of clinical activity, outcome measures, audit, research and quality improvement. This is a joint post, split between the two teams in the department - the trauma team and the psychotherapy team. The post holder will attend team meetings in both services and there will be some opportunities for clinical work under supervision, including co-facilitating psycho-educational groups.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake the role of research assistant on research and audit projects for which the service is responsible
- To be responsible for data collection and input in conjunction with the data quality team
- To perform analysis of quantitative and qualitative data
- To support with collection and analysis of outcome measures
- To assist in the management of literature databases
- To assist the service lead in producing relevant reports, for example, reporting activity
- To support training initiatives within the service through the collection of information as required and assisting with the preparation of teaching and training materials
- To communicate effectively with multidisciplinary colleagues both in writi
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