# Assistant Psychologist - Health & Justice > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist-health-and-justice/06af9c86-2bf1-402c-85aa-9e48080fa068 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist-health-and-justice/06af9c86-2bf1-402c-85aa-9e48080fa068.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Health & Justice - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** Specialist Bank Rates for Health and Justice - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, - **Closing date:** 2026-08-25T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-17T12:50:48.009Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Surrey_London/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Health_Justice_Services/Health_Justice_Services-v8210990 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8210990?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Assistant Psychologists to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health and Justice Services. We are recruiting into an Assistant Psychologist Talent Pool which begins with a Bank contract which will then enable candidates to be available for opportunities to fill vacancies when they arise in our services. By joining our Health and Justice services, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of the prisoners, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to existing offenders (and those at risk of offending) in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion. PLEASE NOTE ANY CANDIDATE WISHING TO APPLY FOR ANY OF OUR ROLES WILL BE SUBJECT TO VETTING CLEARANCE, WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT IN THE UK FOR A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS. CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT MEET THIS CRITERIA NEED NOT APPLY. ### Main duties of the job Supporting and enhancing professional psychological practice within the service. Providing support, co-ordination and administration to clinical, training and research functions within the scope appropriate to level of training and competence, and undertaking related tasks to enhance assessment, intervention and evaluation within the team or care group. To work independently according to a plan agreed and reviewed through regular supervision by a qualified applied HPC registered Psychologist. Why not see what our staff say about working within our award winning teamshttps://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply as soon as possible. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities PLEASE REFER TO JD & PERSON SPEC FOR FULL MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Please note these may vary depending on which role you fulfill. We will be hosting a whole day recruitment event in person to enable us to recruit into this role on 11th September 2026 at:The Gordon Hospital :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust This will take the form of a presentation about the roles within the services followed by assessment centres and interviews. Please be aware that the recruitment event is a whole day event. There will also be a briefing discussion online on 3rd September at 4pm. In your supporting information, please structure your answers with the below headings: - Education and training - Work experience - Personal attributes - Why do you want to work in Health and Justice ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - To be able to communicate effectively under pressure and maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times - To be able to provide and receive complex sensitive or contentious information in a potentially highly emotive atmosphere. To be able to work with resistance to ideas - High standard of report writing - To assimilate complex information and use reflective/analytic thinking, to apply psychological perspectives in work in a healthcare setting - Ability to work independently and know when to ask for and use supervision, identifying when there is need for advice and using supervision at agreed intervals - To have highly developed IT skills and good working knowledge of statistical packages ### Abilities **Essential** - Need to maintain frequent high levels of concentration for long periods in managing agreed projects alone or with team members - Ability to tolerate and remain calm in the face of high levels of emotional distress and emotional demands - Ability to tolerate occasional exposure to verbal abuse and hostility ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant clinical and research skills - Experience of working as part of a team - Basic knowledge of databases, research skills and methodology - Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a health context **Desirable** - Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or Mental Health setting and or work with people with complex needs - Experience of the use of psychometric tests - Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact ### Qualifications **Essential** - Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS **Desirable** - Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis ## Documents - [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162) - [cnwl staff charter (pdf, 684.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2868) - [cnwl staff networks (pdf, 320.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1160) - [cnwl reward and wellbeing handbook 2020 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1773) - [cnwl culture scarf behaviour framework (pdf, 710.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2869) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10518229) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.