# Assistant Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/2b51763f-bcff-44e7-aafb-8139a1dc38b5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/2b51763f-bcff-44e7-aafb-8139a1dc38b5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northgate Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Salary:** £28392.00 to £31157.00 - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term or secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-14T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T15:52:43.405Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8237554 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8237554?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an innovative service offering assessment and treatment of young people with a variety of complex mental health needs. We will be moving our age range from up to age 14, to 18 years old. We are looking for psychology graduates with previous Assistant Psychologist or relevant clinical experience who are interested in working with young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, who can be compassionate, thoughtful and have the ability to apply psychological theory to their work. Weekly supervision for this post will be provided by a clinical psychologist within the team. We have good links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme with previous post holders having been accepted onto the clinical doctorate and regularly have Trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement. We request that as part of your application you answer the following question in 500 words or less at the beginning of the supporting information section on your application form: 'What is important to consider when working with children, young people and their families?' **Please note that applications that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered for shortlisting** ### Main duties of the job Within this role the post holder will have the opportunity to help assess, formulate and deliver a range of psychological interventions to young people and families across the CAMHS age range, as well as opportunities for delivering both group and family interventions. Working as part of the MDT this role will involve working with staff to offer psychologically informed care, develop psychological formulations as well as supporting the wider team with undertaking routine outcome measures and reporting on these outcomes. Further responsibilities of this post will be conducting reviews alongside Clinical Psychologists within the team, supporting the wider psychological therapies team and supporting with monitoring of clients on waiting lists. There will also be the opportunity to be involved in service evaluation. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs For further details please contact Emma Kimberlin-Burton on emma.kimberlinburton@nsft.nhs.uk ### 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** - - An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. - - Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively - - Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to adapt communication style and approach to working with a variety of children and young people **Desirable** - Presentation skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Knowledge of mental health - - High standard of report writing - - An understanding of psychology applied to health care **Desirable** - Understanding of mental health in relation to children, young people and families ### Experience **Essential** - - Experience of working with individuals with mental health and additional needs ### Qualifications **Essential** - - A BPS accredited degree in Psychology ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10581027) - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## 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.