# Assistant Psychologist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Hatfield
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £33,677 - £40,996 per annum, pro rata (inclusive of 5% HCAS)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-05T08:13:10.584Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Ware_Welwyn/Hertfordshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Admin/Admin-v8054369
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8054369?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hpft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The NHS Talking Therapies Service in East and South East Hertfordshire, covering Welwyn, Ware, Bishops Stortford and surrounding towns and villages,  is looking to employ an Assistant Psychologist.

The Assistant Psychologist plays a central role in ensuring our service is of the best quality, with the best outcomes for our service users.

Hertfordshire was one of the original 11 Pathfinder sites for the development of Talking Therapies Services, commencing in 2007/8 and has since developed through 1st and 2nd wave expansion sites to provide a well  resourced and innovative Talking Therapies service across the whole of the county. Our Trust has been awarded ‘Outstanding’ status by the Care quality Commission and our Talking Therapies Service is APPS accredited.

### Main duties of the job

The role of the Assistant Psychologist in ESE Talking Therapies is to support the work of staff in the Primary Care Service, including providing psychological assessment and interventions under the supervision of a qualified Psychologist or CBT therapist. To assist in audit and data collection and the development of research and innovation projects. To work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified Psychologist and within the overall framework of HPFT’s policies and procedures.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for the post for a detailed job description and main responisibilities

## Job Details

The NHS Talking Therapies Service in East and South East Hertfordshire, covering Welwyn, Ware, Bishops Stortford and surrounding towns and villages, is looking to employ an Assistant Psychologist.

The Assistant Psychologist plays a central role in ensuring our service is of the best quality, with the best outcomes for our service users.

Hertfordshire was one of the original 11 Pathfinder sites for the development of Talking Therapies Services, commencing in 2007/8 and has since developed through 1st and 2nd wave expansion sites to provide a well resourced and innovative Talking Therapies service across the whole of the county. Our Trust has been awarded ‘Outstanding’ status by the Care quality Commission and our Talking Therapies Service is APPS accredited.

## Job Description

The role of the Assistant Psychologist in ESE Talking Therapies is to support the work of staff in the Primary Care Service, including providing psychological assessment and interventions under the supervision of a qualified Psychologist or CBT therapist. To assist in audit and data collection and the development of research and innovation projects. To work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified Psychologist and within the overall framework of HPFT’s policies and procedures.

## Responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for the post for a detailed job description and main responisibilities

## Person Specification

### PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

**Essential**

- Experience of work with people with mental health problems.
- Understanding of and compliance with relevant professional standards and practice.
- Experience of using computers for data analysis, especially Excel and SPSS for Windows.
- High standard of report writing.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with common mental health problems.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a primary care context.

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
- Experience and knowledge of undertaking audit in clinical services.

### QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING

**Essential**

- An honours degree or higher in Psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.

**Desirable**

- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice or research design and analysis

## Documents

- [ps and jd (pdf, 640.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10344099)
- [refer a friend (pdf, 160.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2083)
- [staff benefits (pdf, 888.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2165)

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