# Assistant Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/d6b9a8c1-0a35-4a9e-9e26-3e4127caf90a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/d6b9a8c1-0a35-4a9e-9e26-3e4127caf90a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Aneurin Bevan University Health Board - **Location:** Headquarters, St Cadoc's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Assistant psychologist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,557 - £39,631 per annum - **Contract type:** 5 months (Fixed term until end of March 2027 - to meet the needs of the business) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T09:10:30.962Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Newport/Pontypool/Aneurin_Bevan_University_Health_Board/Neuropsychology/Neuropsychology-v8315049 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8315049?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://abuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview You will work as an assistant psychologist within a neuropsychology team within a Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service (CNRS). As well as clinical psychologists in stroke, brain injury and functional seizures and a consultant neuropsychologist, you will be supported by a wider MDT including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, speech and language therapists and therapy assistant practitioners. The purpose of this service is to provide comprehensive assessment and rehabilitation for people who have had strokes, brain injuries, and other neurological conditions. ### Main duties of the job You will be part of an Health Board wide, integrated multi-professional team providing early supported discharge and community neuro-rehabilitation to people with neurological conditions. You will be expected to engage in individual / joint clinical work with colleagues from the CNRS clinical psychology service or other disciplines under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist. This will include the organisation and delivery of clinical group work. The locations of clinical work will include, patient’s own homes, hospital and outpatient sites, on-line, and in groups. This post is fixed term until end of March 2027. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder’s responsibilities will be: - undertaking psychological assessments and interventions as part of the multi-professional team and as delegated by the teams Practitioner Psychologists; - supporting the team’s qualified psychologists to undertake clinically relevant research, service evaluation and audit; - supporting the team psychologists to undertake teaching and training; and, carrying out other duties as part of the role and as delegated by the team’s Practitioner Psychologists. - All assessments, interventions, and other work will be supervised by the team’s Practitioner Psychologists and Consultant Neuropsychologist. The post holder will be expected to travel to other health board sites and to patient’s places of residence. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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. Welsh language skills are desirable ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Demonstrates innovation - Works independently, reliably, and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals - Clear understanding of professional guidelines - Ability to work well in a team - Describes accountability for own actions - Able to travel between locations for role - Demonstrates awareness of when is appropriate to seek advice and supervision ### Experience **Essential** - Paid or voluntary work experience within a healthcare setting - Experience of providing individual, joint and/or group work under direct and regular clinical supervision from a clinical or counselling psychologist - Psychology placement as an undergraduate or working as an assistant psychologist or research assistant - Research experience and statistical expertise - Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, including SPSS and Excel **Desirable** - Experience of delivering clinical group work requiring skilled communication about complex psychological constructs ### Skills and Attributes **Essential** - Experience of management of clinically sensitive conversations with patients/family members, carers or colleagues - Ability to plan own workload, activities and programmes of work - Working knowledge of at least one recognised psychological therapeutic orientation - Experience of liaising with a range or health professionals, patients, relatives regarding psychological issues **Desirable** - Evidence of application of existing psychological knowledge and therapeutic skills to clinical work with people with physical health and neurological conditions. - Application of neuropsychological models to clinical work with people with neurological conditions - Spoken Welsh ### Qualifications/Knowledge **Essential** - Good honours degree in Psychology (First or Second Class) - Eligibility for Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS) - British Psychological Society Level A Psychometric Testing Qualification **Desirable** - Post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis ## Documents - [jd&ps (pdf, 435.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10705130) - [flexible working policy (pdf, 584.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3033) - [agile hybrid working framework (pdf, 5.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2695) - [functional requirement form (docx, 100.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10636005) - [abuhb values & behaviour framework (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3066) - [home working policy and guidance (pdf, 380.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2696) - [guidance notes for applicants nov 25 (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2844) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1633) ## 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.