Assistant Clinical Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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 part-time Band 5 Assistant Clinical Psychologist role involves assisting in the delivery of group treatment interventions and service evaluation within the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). The post-holder will prepare patients for groups, collect questionnaire data, and contribute to service evaluation reports. They will also complete assessments, formulations, and 1-1 skills work under supervision, working with distressed or anxious clients.
Key responsibilities
- Assist in the operational delivery of group treatment interventions and service evaluation.
- Prepare patients for group treatments via communication and share expectations of the programme.
- Ensure and support patients to complete questionnaires pre and post intervention, collate results, and prepare service evaluation reports.
- Complete assessment, formulation, and 1-1 skills work under supervision.
- Assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits and projects, collection of statistics, and development of audit/research projects.
- Deliver therapeutic interventions developed or guided by a qualified psychologist or defined by protocol.
Essential criteria
- A first or upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Experience of work with people with mental health problems or disabilities, or other relevant problems or disabilities (e.g. learning disabilities, organic impairment).
- High level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to work and effectively communicate complex or sensitive information in highly emotive and emotionally charged settings involving conflict and significant personal distress.
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
- Paid work providing direct care to patients in a medical setting. Experience of working with people with serious traumatic brain injury. Capacity to and experience of administering complex psychometric tests and to use psychological equipment in accordance with standardised timing, stimulus presentation and response monitoring requirements Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team. Experience of working with patients who display challenging behaviour
- Knowledge of cognitive and behavioural principles and how these apply in practice. Knowledge of neuropsychology assessment methods and tools. Experience of collecting research data, including questionnaire design and interviewing. Experience using microcomputers and associated software for purposes of data analysis and reporting, including databases and statistical programmes such as SPSS. An ability to write articulate and comprehensible reports, letters and other correspondence.
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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North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Assistant Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
The Newcastle CMHT are looking to recruit a part-time, Band 5 Assistant Clinical Psychologist to join their multi-disciplinary team.
The successful postholders will:
Assist in the operational delivery of group treatment interventions and service evaluation for service users within the CMHT. The post-holder will work under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist, often independently under their direction.
Be expected to prepare patients in their readiness to start groups via communication through emails, phone calls and letters and to share expectations of the group programme. The post holder will also ensure and support patients to complete questionnaires pre and post intervention, collate the results and prepare service evaluation reports.
Be required to work with clients who are highly distressed, anxious or hostile and will experience sensitive situations on a weekly basis
Main duties of the job
The post holder will also complete assessment, formulation and 1-1 skills work under supervision.
Working independently to a plan agreed with a qualified clinical psychologist.
To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits and projects, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching a
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