# Assistant Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/3edde507-15c8-48b9-ad5c-1edd5a1e1621 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/3edde507-15c8-48b9-ad5c-1edd5a1e1621.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, St Mary's Hospital - **Workplace type:** hybrid - **Profession:** Assistant psychologist - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 pa, pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 2 years (Full time) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working will be considered once training period is complete, but must be able to work minimum 3 days a week in office) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-16T11:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T13:11:29.715Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Northampton/Northamptonshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/NHS_Talking_Therapies_Primary_Care_Adult_Mental_Health/NHS_Talking_Therapies_Primary_Care_Adult_Mental_Health-v8339956 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8339956?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Assistant Psychologist role is an integral part of the NHS Talking Therapies service, supporting the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care. We're looking for someone who is naturally curious, compassionate and motivated to learn. Someone who enjoys working with people, values evidence-based practice and wants to develop into an outstanding psychological practitioner. If you are passionate about improving access to mental health care and eager to develop your clinical skills within a supportive and ambitious service, we'd love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job The primary focus of the role is to undertake comprehensive psychological assessments for individuals referred to the service (adults with mental health difficulties) and therefore offers excellent experience in developing assessment and formulation skills with a wide range of presentations. Working under the supervision of Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and the wider clinical team, the post holder will assess and identify the presenting difficulties, evaluate the most appropriate treatment option (within NHS Talking Therapies or external to the service), identify and manage clinical risk, and support patients to access the most appropriate care pathway with compassion. Alongside assessment work, the post holder will support with delivering a variety of structured psychological interventions under appropriate clinical supervision. This may include co-facilitating psychoeducational groups, delivering webinars, supporting patients using digital treatment programmes such as SilverCloud and engaging in community initiatives. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. This includes the full person specification. ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - Undergraduate Psychology degree (minimum 2:1) **Desirable** - Further postgraduate training in mental health ### Experience, Skills & Attributes **Essential** - Evidence of working in a mental health service and maintaining good emotional resilience - Demonstrates high standards in written communication and clinical record keeping - Highly motivated and enthusiastic **Desirable** - Experience of, or interest in assessing complexity and clinical risk - Experience co-facilitating groups, webinars or workshops ## Documents - [your guide to nhft (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3047) - [assistant psychologist jd + ps (docx, 215.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10663978) ## 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.