Assistant Psychologist

Main area NHS Talking Therapies - Primary Care Adult Mental Health Grade Band 4 Contract Fixed term: 2 years (Full time) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

Site Lotus House Town Northampton Salary £28,392 - £31,157 pa, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/10/2026 12:00

The Assistant Psychologist role is an integral part of the NHS Talking Therapies service, supporting the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care. We're looking for someone who is naturally curious, compassionate and motivated to learn. Someone who enjoys working with people, values evidence-based practice and wants to develop into an outstanding psychological practitioner. If you are passionate about improving access to mental health care and eager to develop your clinical skills within a supportive and ambitious service, we'd love to hear from you.

The primary focus of the role is to undertake comprehensive psychological assessments for individuals referred to the service (adults with mental health difficulties) and therefore offers excellent experience in developing assessment and formulation skills with a wide range of presentations. Working under the supervision of Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and the wider clinical team, the post holder will assess and identify the presenting difficulties, evaluate the most appropriate treatment option (within NHS Talking Therapies or external to the service), identify and manage clinical risk, and support patients to access the most appropriate care pathway with compassion.

Alongside assessment work, the post holder will support with delivering a variety of structured psychological interventions under appropriate clinical supervision. This may include co-facilitating psycho educational groups, delivering webinars, supporting patients using digital treatment programmes such as Silver Cloud and engaging in community initiatives.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.

We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. This includes the full person specification.

• Undergraduate Psychology degree (minimum 2:1)
• Further postgraduate training in mental health

• Evidence of working in a mental health service and maintaining good emotional resilience
• Demonstrates high standards in written communication and clinical record keeping
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic
• Experience of, or interest in assessing complexity and clinical risk
• Experience co-facilitating groups, webinars or workshops

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.