# 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/afe6b31a-57e5-4082-9477-59577f95e59f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/afe6b31a-57e5-4082-9477-59577f95e59f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Grange Lodge, Twelve Acre Approach - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 gross per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (N/A) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-10T14:31:01.622Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Kesgrave_Ipswich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Psychology/Clinical_Psychology-v8188218 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8188218?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Suffolk Perinatal Community Mental Health Team are seeking to recruit a psychology graduate for a full-time Assistant Psychologist post. The applicant must have excellent literacy and numeracy skills, a psychology degree with 2.1 or above and be eligible for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society. Travel is part of the role and being a car driver is essential. Within your role you will contribute to psychological assessments, formulations and interventions under the supervision of a Clinical psychologist. You will be required to work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified Psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. You will assist in clinically related administration including audits and collection of statistics and will also lead on the promotion, collection and interpretation of ROMS in the team. You will receive weekly supervision from a qualified Clinical Psychologist. ### Main duties of the job We are a countywide service, committed to improving the wellbeing of parents and their babies. We offer assessment and treatment to women with moderate to severe mental health difficulties who are either pregnant or within the first post-natal year (increasing to 24 months in some circumstances). You will be joining an established psychology team consisting of three clinical psychologists, a CBT therapist and parent-infant psychotherapists. We are committed to keeping the family at the centre of care and normalising the experience of pregnancy and becoming a parent. We have a philosophy of early intervention and ensure that we capture the babies voice in the work that we do. Our aim is to reduce barriers to accessing services and aim to empower and build confidence in our service users. Research and QI opportunities are available and encouraged. We have a close relationship with the doctoral training course at the University of East Anglia and our future aim is to offer several placements within our expanding team. ### 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 ### 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 - An ability to interact with service users with mental health problems - An ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals. - An ability to engage in and use supervision appropriately and effectively - An ability to travel independently ### Skills **Essential** - Skills using software for statistical analysis - High standard of report writing **Desirable** - Ability to communicate sensitive information to service users and colleagues - Presentation skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of mental health - Knowledge of quantitative research - An understanding of psychology applied to health care **Desirable** - An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities - An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of quantitative research **Desirable** - Experience of research in the NHS ### Qualifications **Essential** - A BPS accredited degree in Psychology at 2.1 or above ## Documents - [jd & person spec (pdf, 248.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10492441) - [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.