Assistant Psychologist

We are looking to recruit two band 4 Assistant Psychologists to work in the Suffolk Children and Young People's Eating Disorders Service. These posts are a fixed-term contract for two years commencing in August 2026. The successful applicants will be enthusiastic, motivated, committed to personal and professional development and able to engage with young people with complex mental health difficulties and their families.

They will be working as part of a friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary team under direct supervision from an experienced Clinical Psychologist.

Please note one role is based in Ipswich and the other based in Bury St Edmunds.

The remit of the team is to work with young people presenting with complex mental health difficulties in the context of an eating disorder and associated levels of risk. We take a systemic and recovery-oriented approach to understanding and working youth mental health, incorporating therapeutic approaches such as CBT, ACT and DBT.

This role will involve providing low intensity, structured interventions; developing and coordinating therapeutic resources within the team; supporting Lead Practitioners in their therapeutic work with clients; co-facilitating workshops and groups; carrying out clinical evaluation of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) and audit; and supporting with clinical research. Experience working with young people or families within mental health would be beneficial.

Benefits included with this role are:

• Agile working opportunities
• A comprehensive in-house & external training programme
• Generous relocation/removal package
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

The post is community based and may involve independent travel to often rural locations. The post holder will therefore need a driving licence and access to a reliable vehicle.

Delivering brief interventions such as 'living with emotions', 'body image' and 'anxiety management'.

Completing 5P formulation work with nursing staff.

Completing all clinical paperwork in a timely manner.

Regular supervision from an experienced Clinical Psychologist.

• A BPS accredited degree in Psychology

• Experience of quantitative research
• Experience of research in the NHS

• Skills using microcomputers for databases or data analysis, especially SPSS for Windows
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues.

• Knowledge of mental health
• An understanding of psychology applied to health care
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities
• An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£28,392 to £31,157 a year gross per annum (pro rata)