# Assistant Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/8169f1a6-d381-4a3e-b435-67e766331505 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/8169f1a6-d381-4a3e-b435-67e766331505.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St George's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Assistant psychologist - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £34,186 - £37,389 per annum inc Inner london HCAS (pro-rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-06T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-02T12:11:02.933Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/St_Georges_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_psychology/Clinical_psychology-v8365592 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8365592?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a motivated and proactive Assistant Psychologist to join our Major Trauma Centre at St George’s Hospital. This role provides an opportunity to work with adults with serious and life changing injuries, their families and staff members working within the Major Trauma service. The post holder will have the opportunity to work alongside clinical psychologists and other members of the multidisciplinary team, as well as being part of the Pan London Major Trauma Psychology Network. The majority of the face-to-face clinical work takes place on the surgical wards and in intensive care. There are opportunities to work creatively to deliver psychology interventions. Please note that the advert will close earlier than planned due to the high volume of applications received. ### Main duties of the job - As this is a patient facing-role, the successful candidate will be based on site to support the delivery and running of the service. Main duties: - To support and enhance the professional psychological care of patients within the Major Trauma Centre, providing support with assessments, screening and follow up screening under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. - The role involves a significant level of administrative responsibility. - The post holder will be responsible for updating and managing databases, booking patient appointments and coordinating the discharge plus follow up pathway. - The post holder will also assist with data collection and reporting, and work closely with the local data analyst where appropriate. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance. - High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive. **Desirable** - Experience of qualitative or interview methods - Experience of the research process. - High standard of report writing. ### Personal **Essential** - An ability to interact with people with mental health problems or other disabilities ### Knowledge **Essential** - An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with physical or mental health problems. - An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a physical and mental health context. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with people with physical health problems / mental health problems (voluntary or paid work) - Demonstrated ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals. **Desirable** - Specific experience/knowledge associated with physical health problems ### Qualifications **Essential** - To have attained an 2.1 or higher undergraduate degree in Psychology - Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society **Desirable** - Experience with service development and/or research - Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 383.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10693404) - [person specification (pdf, 37.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10693403) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2411) - [swl ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3045) ## 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.