Assistant Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic Band 5 Assistant Psychologist to work with children and teenagers with cancer and their families. The post involves assisting Clinical Psychologists with clinical and research activities, including triage, assessments, and interventions. It also requires maintaining databases and collaborating on training initiatives within a supportive multi-disciplinary oncology unit.
Essential criteria
- An honours degree (2:1 or higher) in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) or completion of a conversion course accredited by the BPS leading to eligibility for Graduate Membership of the BPS
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate training in clinical and/or research areas
- Experience (full-time) of working as an Assistant Psychologist (AP) in the NHS (Band 4 or Band 5) or equivalent clinical experience (e.g. working as an AP in social care or private settings, or working as an IAPT Psychological Well-Being Practitioner (PWP)
- Experience of working in a clinical role
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the lifespan and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of dealing with patients with suicidal ideation and/or self-harm
- Experience of working with children and families
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of neuro-psychology and experience in neuropsychological testing
- Skills Abilities/knowledge
- Ability to work in a setting where the atmosphere may be highly emotive
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) and good report writing
- Experience of using computer packages including Excel, PowerPoint and SPSS
- An ability to initiate and implement audits, service evaluations and research projects
- Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a children's and young people's psychological service
- Experience of scoring and interpreting psychological and neuropsychological questionnaires
- Knowledge of the needs and difficulties of people with physical illness and/or neuropsychological deficits
- Education/Qualifications
- An honours degree (2:1 or higher) in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) or completion of a conversion course accredited by the BPS leading to eligibility for Graduate Membership of the BPS
- Post-graduate training in clinical and/or research areas
- Experience (full-time) of working as an Assistant Psychologist (AP) in the NHS (Band 4 or Band 5) or equivalent clinical experience (e.g. working as an AP in social care or private settings, or working as an IAPT Psychological Well-Being Practitioner (PWP)
- Experience of working in a clinical role
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the lifespan and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of dealing with patients with suicidal ideation and/or self-harm
- Experience of working with children and families
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of neuro-psychology and experience in neuropsychological testing
- Skills Abilities/knowledge
- Ability to work in a setting where the atmosphere may be highly emotive
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) and good report writing
- Experience of using computer packages including Excel, PowerPoint and SPSS
- An ability to initiate and implement audits, service evaluations and research projects
- Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a children's and young people's psychological service
- Experience of scoring and interpreting psychological and neuropsychological questionnaires
- Knowledge of the needs and difficulties of people with physical illness and/or neuropsychological deficits
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £36,943 – £44,900 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Psychologist
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Band 5 (1.0 WTE), working with children and teenagers who have cancer and with their families. This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced multi-disciplinary medical and nursing oncology unit, where innovation, research, teaching and training are strongly encouraged. This is a very well-established psychology team, with excellent professional and compassionate staff, very well supported by our efficient and caring administration team within a cancer Centre of Excellence.
To ensure a fair application process, the post will remain open for (until 16 September) and will not close before this time.
Please read the instructions below carefully when completing your application form. Applications will only be considered if they meet the criteria outlined below:1. Employment History: For each position, please list only the three most important tasks or responsibilities that you consider relevant to the current post. These should be presented as bullet points and must adhere to a maximum word limit of 100 words per position.2. Supporting Information: Please respond to the following questions, taking the Person Specification into account and adhering to a maximum total word limit of 600 words across both question
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