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Job overview
The Clinical Psychology service for the Nottinghamshire Adult Mental Health Acute Care Network provides high quality psychological assessment, advice and intervention within local adult acute mental health wards.
As a result of several members of our team securing developmental opportunities, we have three full-time band 3 Assistant Psychologist post's available across our male and female acute wards (two males wards at Highbury Hospital and one Female ward at Sherwood Oaks). We are seeking candidates with a keen interest and demonstrated experience in adult acute mental health to join our enthusiastic multi-disciplinary teams. We would particularly like to encourage candidates with acute inpatient experience to apply.
You will work in inpatient services and will have good opportunities to participate in individual assessment and formulation of patients’ needs, including a wide range of clinical presentations. There will also be opportunities to plan and deliver both individual and group interventions under the supervision of qualified clinical psychologists. You will work directly with patients and indirectly to advise the multi-disciplinary team, e.g. providing advice at ward review meetings on psychological aspects of patient care.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking candidates who can work confidently under supervision, can follow direction, have the ability to work in teams, and are adaptable and responsive to the needs of the service they are working in. Our commitment to you is we will provide you with the opportunity for you to develop professionally within committed and supportive adult mental health services and play an important role in supporting increasing access to psychological therapies within our acute adult mental health wards.
Applicants should have completed a Psychology honours degree with 2:1 or higher, have clinically relevant work experience and knowledge of psychological assessments and interventions.
The service enjoys good links with local Doctoral training courses in clinical psychology.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main duties/responsibilities of the role are:-
To support and carry out a range of psychometric and other assessments with people who have a range of acute mental health problems and might be at risk of harm to self or others. These may include observations, interviews and intellectual and executive skill assessments.
To support and carry out defined therapeutic interventions with people with acute mental health problems and their carers.
To support interventions with staff teams, such as consultancy, training, identifying resources, multi-disciplinary working, signposting staff to appropriate services and service promotion.
To support data collection and analysis, for both clinical and service evaluation, as required. This may include collecting and reviewing a variety of data such as psychometric scores, interview data, historical information, literature searches. It may also involve data analysis and report writing under supervision.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Clear communication skills, both oral and written
- Dealing with barriers to communication
- Numeracy, data collection and analysis skills
- Ability to reflect on practice and accept personal supervision
- Word processing and other IT skills
Desirable
- Understanding of ethical issues in clinical practice
- Ability to manage and de-escalate hostility and aggression
Knowledge
Essential
- Psychological assessment and intervention
Desirable
- Experience of working in applied psychological models, e.g. CBT, DBT, schema therapy
Experience
Essential
- Clinically-relevant postgraduate work experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in acute adult mental health setting
- Experience of NHS clinical psychology services
Qualification
Essential
- Psychology honours degree 2:1 or higher, meeting the requirements for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society. Candidates with 2:2 degree will be considered if they have completed a postgraduate course (MSc or PhD level)
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification in psychology (e.g. MSc or PhD)
- Short courses – e.g. in CBT, schema therapy, trauma, understanding complex clinical presentations
Values and behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
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This advert is for Assistant Psychologist with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Nottingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum (pro rata for part time). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 19 Jul 2026.
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