# Assistant Psychologist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- **Location:** Caludon Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Assistant psychologist
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-16T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-02T08:51:50.626Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/leamington/Coventry_Warwickshire_Partnership_NHS_Trust/Assistant_Psychologist/Assistant_Psychologist-v8324665
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8324665?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Assistant Psychologist - South Warwickshire Community Mental Health Team

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join our South Warwickshire Community Mental Health Team. The service provides biopsychosocial interventions for individuals with a wide range of mental health presentations. The post will primarily have a focus on working with people with a diagnosis of psychosis as part of the psychosis pathway within the CMHT. However there may also be opportunities to work with people with other mental health presentations.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a multi-disciplinary team and work across both of the teams bases located in Leamington Spa and Stratford Upon Avon.

The post holder will support the qualified psychologists with psychological assessments and provide low intensity psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.

Psychological Professionals staff from the South Warwickshire Service have close links with other psychological professionals in the Trust through peer supervision, service development meetings, specialist interest groups and CPD events.

The service regularly offers core and specialist trainee placements as it has strong links with the Coventry and Warwickshire Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Course.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the main responsibilities of the post.

### 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

### other

**Essential**

- Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience relevant to the post e.g. in Mental health

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Psychology Degree giving GBC status with the British Psychological Society, Grade 2:1 or above.

### knowledge and skills

**Essential**

- Excellent written communication skills
- Competent in a range of IT skills appropriate to the post

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10657367)
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