Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join our supportive Clinical Health Psychology (CHP) team and gain valuable experience in a clinical setting.
This post will support psychologically informed care for people with physical health conditions directly such as co-facilitating groups as well as contributing to the indirect work of the service such as through audit and evaluation. The post-holder will have opportunities to work across Adult, Paediatric, Staff Support and Psycho-oncology specialisms, working alongside Psychologists, Psychological Therapists, Trainees, and Multi-Disciplinary Teams. There will be an opportunity to gain clinical experience and develop skills relevant to a career in Clinical Psychology.
Main duties of the job
- To enhance psychologically informed care through supporting service clinicians in their delivery of individual, family and group intervention, under clinical supervision.
- Assisting with the administration, scoring, interpretation and feedback of outcome measures.
- Support the service model of indirect work by assisting in the development and delivery of teaching, training and consultation with teams and non-psychologically trained practitioners.
- Undertake audit, service evaluation and research projects to aid service developments.
- Support Patient Engagement developments in the service
- The service will be provided across a number of bases in the acute and community setting as well as some home working. The main CHP base is at Torbay Hospital.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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This advert is for Assistant Psychologist with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust in Torquay, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 18 Jun 2026.
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