# 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/fb058955-32cc-4129-b717-54861003184e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/fb058955-32cc-4129-b717-54861003184e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Norwich - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 gross per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Substantive - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T07:51:39.024Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v7995978 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7995978?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an innovative service offering assessment and treatment of young people between 14 and 25 with a variety of complex mental health needs. We are looking for psychology graduates with previous Assistant Psychologist or relevant clinical experience who are interested in working with young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, who can be compassionate, thoughtful and have the ability to apply psychological theory to their work. Weekly supervision for this post will be provided by a clinical psychologist within the team. We have good links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme with previous post holders having been accepted onto the clinical doctorate and regularly have Trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement. We request that as part of your application you answer the following question in 500 words or less at the beginning of the supporting information section on your application form: “How may you need to differentiate your treatment offer for young people accessing our moderate to severe mental health service to meet their needs?” **Please note that applications that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered for shortlisting** ### Main duties of the job Within this role the post holder will have the opportunity to help assess, formulate and deliver a range of psychological interventions to young people and families across the CAMHS age range, as well as opportunities for delivering both group and family interventions. Working as part of the MDT this role will involve working with staff to offer psychologically informed care, develop psychological formulations as well as supporting the wider team with undertaking routine outcome measures and reporting on these outcomes. Further responsibilities of this post will be conducting reviews alongside Clinical Psychologists within the team, supporting the wider psychological therapies team and supporting with monitoring of clients on waiting lists. There will also be the opportunity to be involved in service evaluation. ### 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 For further details please  contact \[email protected\] ## Job Details This is an innovative service offering assessment and treatment of young people between 14 and 25 with a variety of complex mental health needs. We are looking for psychology graduates with previous Assistant Psychologist or relevant clinical experience who are interested in working with young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, who can be compassionate, thoughtful and have the ability to apply psychological theory to their work. Weekly supervision for this post will be provided by a clinical psychologist within the team. We have good links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme with previous post holders having been accepted onto the clinical doctorate and regularly have Trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement. We request that as part of your application you answer the following question in 500 words or less at the beginning of the supporting information section on your application form: “How may you need to differentiate your treatment offer for young people accessing our moderate to severe mental health service to meet their needs?” **Please note that applications that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered for shortlisting** ## Job Description Within this role the post holder will have the opportunity to help assess, formulate and deliver a range of psychological interventions to young people and families across the CAMHS age range, as well as opportunities for delivering both group and family interventions. Working as part of the MDT this role will involve working with staff to offer psychologically informed care, develop psychological formulations as well as supporting the wider team with undertaking routine outcome measures and reporting on these outcomes. Further responsibilities of this post will be conducting reviews alongside Clinical Psychologists within the team, supporting the wider psychological therapies team and supporting with monitoring of clients on waiting lists. There will also be the opportunity to be involved in service evaluation. ## 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 For further details please contact \[email protected\] ## Person Specification ### other **Essential** - - An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. - - Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively - - Ability to travel independently ### Skills **Essential** - Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows. **Desirable** - Presentation skillsAbility to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues. - Presentation Skills. ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Knowledge of mental health - - High standard of report writing - - 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 ## Documents - [band 4 assistant practitioner (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10280405) - [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.