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Assistant Psychologist

West London NHS Trust
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Location
Salary
£32,199 - £34,876 Per Annum
Profession
Healthcare support worker
Grade
Band 4
Deadline
20 Jul 2025
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed Term)
Posted Date
15 Jul 2025

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time (5 days a week) and a part-time (2 days a week) Assistant Psychologist to join our warm and supportive psychology-led West London Community Eating Disorders Service.

You will be involved in the development and delivery of the service, including conducting delivering evidence-based interventions in individual and group formats, supporting the First episode and Rapid Early intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) offer, working jointly with other teams and supporting the service lead in audits and innovative service development initiatives. The team uses evidence-based therapeutic modalities for eating disorders, but we also understand that to meet clients’ needs, flexibility of approach is essential.

This is a rewarding and fulfilling role which will allow you to gain the essential skills, knowledge and experience to further your career as a psychological professional. You will be based in Ealing, but be expected to travel when necessary to Hounslow

Main duties of the job

1. To support the delivery of psychological assessments of clients, applying

psychological, self-report measures, rating scales, and semi-structured interviews with

service users and others involved in the service user’s care, taking into account the

service user’s mental health and wellbeing needs.

2. To support the delivery of psychological group interventions, under the clinical

supervision of a qualified psychologist.

3. To support across a range of intervention which involve working with our local

communities to meet the needs of our diverse communities

4. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.

5. To engage in specific project work to support the clinical team in their offer of delivering

more informal interventions in the community

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed