Assistant Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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 role is for an enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist to join the Inpatient and Urgent Care Service, specifically within the Bridgwater Home Treatment Team. You will support people experiencing acute mental health difficulties and crisis, delivering psychologically informed care and evidence-based interventions under supervision. The position involves working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to promote recovery and psychological wellbeing in the community. It offers valuable experience in assessment, formulation, and intervention, contributing to service development and quality improvement.
Key responsibilities
- Support psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for people receiving care from the Home Treatment Team.
- Deliver brief evidence-based psychological interventions on an individual and group basis under the supervision of qualified psychologists.
- Work closely with colleagues across psychology, nursing, psychiatry and wider mental health services to provide holistic, person-centred care.
- Help develop psychologically informed approaches within the team through consultation, training and shared learning.
- Contribute to service evaluation, audit, quality improvement and research activities to help shape and enhance the service.
- Gather and analyse outcomes data and service user feedback to support ongoing development and improvement.
Essential criteria
- Degree in psychology (first or upper second) with eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- At least one year of experience working in mental health
- Experience working therapeutically in a clinical setting
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams
- Skills in clinical assessment
- Skills in psychological interventions
- Must be a car driver with a valid driving licence and access to transport with appropriate business insurance in order to travel throughout the Trust, to meet the needs of the service
Desirable criteria
- Training in at least one psychological intervention (e.g. CBT)
- Training in further psychological interventions (e.g. CBT, DBT, MBT, systemic family therapy)
- Previous experience as an Assistant Psychologist
- Previous experience of working in an acute mental health setting
- Further experience of working in other NHS settings (eg substance misuse) or non-NHS settings (eg third sector)
- Experience of undertaking audit, service evaluations, and / or research
- Skills in teaching / training
- Familiarity with psychometric testing
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Psychologist
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with complex mental health needs? Do you want to develop your psychological skills in a fast-paced, highly supportive service where every day brings the opportunity to make a meaningful difference?
We're looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist to join our Inpatient and Urgent Care Service, working within the Bridgwater Home Treatment Team. This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience supporting people experiencing acute mental health difficulties and crisis, while working alongside experienced psychologists and a dedicated multidisciplinary team.
You'll help deliver psychologically informed care to people who may otherwise require hospital admission, supporting them in their own communities during some of the most challenging periods of their lives. Through assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions, you'll play a vital role in promoting recovery, hope and psychological wellbeing.
We are proud of our recovery-focused, trauma-informed culture, where kindness, compassion and collaboration with Experts by Experience shape everything we do. You'll be supported to grow your skills, contribute to service development and quality improvement, and work in an environment that
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