Clinical Psychology Assistant Practitioner

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

The closing date is 13 January 2026

If you are interested in a career in Clinical Psychology and passionate about working with older people, this role is for you!

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as an Assistant Psychologist within Wakefield Older Peoples OPS Psychology Team to support the dementia pathway, based at The Poplars. The service provides consultation, assessment, treatment and psychological interventions with people who have a diagnosis of dementia as well as offering support to their families/carers.

We have a full-time fixed term post until 8th January 2027. The successful candidate will support psychological provision within the Inpatient Dementia pathway and will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist. This offers an excellent opportunity to gain a range of core psychological skills in a vibrant multi-disciplinary team.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to develop a range of skills including assessment, formulation, systemic interventions, staff training, service evaluation and multidisciplinary team working. They will assist the qualified psychologist to complete psychosocial, behavioural and mood assessments and provide psychological interventions both directly and indirectly with patients and through working with the wider team.

We are seeking someone who has experience of working with people with complex mental health problems or other disabilities. We would value experience of working within the NHS, experience with common psychometric assessment tools and knowledge around behaviour that challenges in dementia. We seek someone who is highly organised (managing multiple demands) and has a passion & motivation for working with this client group.

There will be travel across Wakefield & the District.

At the time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, we are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role.

We are happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes. Such applications will be considered alongside all other applications.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities. We do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

JOB SUMMARY

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and / or research projects, teaching and project work.

• Clinical:
  • To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological theory, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and…