# Assistant Psychologist Memory Clinic > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist-memory-clinic/a8c7edcd-62ea-4bdb-b9a2-258fa7df5e42 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist-memory-clinic/a8c7edcd-62ea-4bdb-b9a2-258fa7df5e42.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Littlemore Mental Health Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Assistant psychologist - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term contract) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5 Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-05T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T08:40:56.048Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Abingdon/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v8276635 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8276635?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a psychology graduate seeking an opportunity to develop your clinical experience? Please note there are two roles, based in Abingdon & in Banbury. Please specify your preference in your supporting statement. Due to budgetary reasons, they are fixed term contracts. The Older Adult Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) are looking for Assistant Psychologists to join their teams Memory Clinic teams. You will be working within their busy memory clinic as well as supporting the wider CMHT. The memory clinic is a diagnostic service where you will be involved in the whole patient journey through triage, assessment and completion of neuropsychological testing. You will also play a key role in supporting the patient and their family/representatives through the assessment process and potentially receiving a dementia diagnosis. There will be opportunities for you to be involved in wider psychological interventions in the team and to spend sometime in the Brain Heath Centre at the Warneford Hospital and see some of the research which the Trust is involved with. You will need to have a keen interest in working with older adults and specifically working with dementia and cognitive impairment. Previous experience in this area would be advantageous but not essential. The CMHTs are friendly and supportive places to work, with a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists and support workers as well as a dedicated administrative team. ### Main duties of the job This advert is for two full time fixed term posts, one based at Abingdon Community Hospital OX14 1AG in the South of Oxfordshire and the other based at The Elms Centre Banbury OX16 9AL. You will play a major role in the day to day functioning of the memory clinic, for which you will need to have a high level of communication skills and be a positive team player. - Undertake supervised assessments of patients attending the memory clinic, supporting the medical staff with interviewing patients and family members or carers. - After training you will offer neuropsychological tests, rating scales as appropriate and psychometric screening. - You will assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the treatment and management of a client's problems under the supervision of a qualified professional. - You will work with other staff to assess patients and work with carers/families to support the diagnosis of dementia. - Collate data, analyse and produce reports and outcome summaries as required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. ### 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 ### Personal **Essential** - An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines - An ability to interact with people with mental health problems and disabilities **Desirable** - A desire to explore a career in professional psychology/and/or mental health ### Experience **Essential** - Work with people with mental health problems and/or disabilities **Desirable** - Experience of paid work in direct care provision and/or experience of working with older people and or people with dementia ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - High level of communications skills written and verbal and ability to work in a setting where the atmosphere may be highly emotive **Desirable** - High standard of report writing ### Training and Qualifications **Essential** - An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology **Desirable** - Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis ## Documents - [assistant psychologist memory clinic. jd and ps (pdf, 624.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10592620) - [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228) ## 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.