# Assistant Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/0fe17b55-7753-42e5-8460-40db3166e8a0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/0fe17b55-7753-42e5-8460-40db3166e8a0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Lawton House, Trust Headquarters - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Assistant psychologist - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-22T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-08T09:31:12.848Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Stoke_on_Trent/North_Staffordshire_Combined_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Assistant_Psychologist/Assistant_Psychologist-v8205969 - **Employer website:** https://www.combined.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Assistant Psychologist Band 4 3 x Permanent Full-Time Posts (37.5 hours per week) Acute & Urgent Care Directorate, Harplands Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for three permanent full-time Assistant Psychologists (1.0 WTE each) to join the Psychology Team within the Acute & Urgent Care (A&UC) Directorate at Harplands Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent. The successful applicants will be appointed to one of three posts: - 1 WTE Assistant Psychologist based within the Crisis Care Centre (CCC), - 1 WTE Assistant Psychologist based on Ward 3, with one day per week providing clinical input to the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). - 1 WTE Assistant Psychologist based on Ward 1&2 Applicants will have the opportunity to express a preference for posts at interview, although appointments will be made according to service needs & candidate strengths. This is an excellent opportunity for aspiring psychologists seeking to develop their assessment, formulation & intervention skills within dynamic acute mental health services. The posts offer a broad range of experiences across crisis & inpatient settings, including opportunities for direct clinical work, group facilitation, service development, audit & research activity. The successful applicants will work under the supervision of qualified Psychologists & as part of multidisciplinary teams including Assistant & Trainee Psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapists, peers & support workers. ### Main duties of the job To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the Specialty, across all sectors of care; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with the qualified 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, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will provide supervised psychological assessment, intervention and support as part of a multidisciplinary team, working within their level of competence and under the direction of qualified psychologists. Key responsibilities include: - Clinical support: Conducts protocol-based assessments, gathers information, assists with psychological formulations, scoring and interpretation of assessments, and delivers supervised psychological interventions such as CBT. - Patient communication and care: Handles complex and sensitive clinical information, contributes to care planning and maintains high standards of clinical documentation and reporting. - MDT working: Works collaboratively with psychologists and other professionals, attends MDT meetings and contributes psychological information to support patient care. - Teaching and consultation: Assists qualified psychologists with staff training, workshops and presentations, and provides psychologically informed advice to other MDT members under supervision. - Service development: Supports service improvement projects, attends relevant meetings, assists with coordination of volunteers and manages allocated psychological resources and equipment. - Research and audit: Undertakes literature reviews, collects and analyses research data, supports audit and research projects, and contributes to evidence-based practice using statistical and IT software. - IT and administration: Uses a range of IT systems for clinical records, data analysis, reports, presentations, psychometric testing and communication, alongside general administrative duties. - Professional development: Works in accordance with BPS, HCPC and Trust requirements, receives regular clinical supervision, participates in appraisal and CPD, and maintains professional competence. - Other duties: Prepares clinical and educational materials and undertakes other duties appropriate to the grade as required. The role is a broad Assistant Psychologist position combining supervised clinical work, psychological assessment and intervention, MDT support, teaching, research/audit, service development, administration and ongoing professional development. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - High level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to work and effectively communicate complex or sensitive information in highly emotive and emotionally charged settings involving conflict and significant personal distress. - An understanding of statistical analysis commensurate with an honour’s degree in psychology **Desirable** - Experience using computers and associated software for purposes of data analysis and reporting, including databases and statistical programmes such as SPSS. - An ability to write articulate and comprehensible reports, letters and other correspondence ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of work with people with mental health problems or disabilities, or other relevant problems or disabilities (e.g. learning disabilities, organic impairment). **Desirable** - Paid work in a setting providing direct care. - Experience of working in inpatient setting. - Experience of working with people with serious mental illness and/or physical illness - Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team. ### 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 - [jd & ps (pdf, 982.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10535731) - [nhs pension (pdf, 97.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1216) - [employee benefits (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2653) - [why work at nscht (pdf, 689.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1217) ## 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.