# Assistant Pyschologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-pyschologist/5df88234-9cbc-4d6f-ad7b-a53b8dedd80d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-pyschologist/5df88234-9cbc-4d6f-ad7b-a53b8dedd80d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Nottingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum (pro rata for part time) - **Contract type:** 12 months (12 months fixed term contract) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T13:48:49.540Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Nottingham/Nottinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CAMHS_Community_South/CAMHS_Community_South-v8016979 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8016979?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview As part of the Specialist CAMHS Community South Team, the Assistant Psychologist will support and enhance the psychological care and assessment of young people and their families/carers, under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. You will support care served with Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire county areas. ### Main duties of the job To support and carry out a range of psychometric and other assessments with people who have mental health difficulties. To support and carry out defined therapeutic interventions with young people with mental health difficulties. - To support interventions with staff teams, such as consultancy, training, identifying resources, multi-disciplinary working, signposting staff to appropriate services and service promotion. To support data collection and analysis, for both clinical and service evaluation, as required. This may include collecting and reviewing a variety of data such as psychometric scores, interview data, historical information, literature searches. It may also involve data analysis and report writing under supervision. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To undertake the above tasks across Nottinghamshire City and County under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. This will include direct individual and group work with young people and their families/carers, liaison with external agencies (e.g., schools) and in conjunction with other registered professionals offer consultative work to MDT. Provide and receive complex and sensitive information with clients and staff, e.g. relaying condition related information, in situations where there are barriers to communication, understanding and acceptance such as disability, cultural differences or mental health needs. Communicating in a highly emotive atmosphere (such as therapeutic sessions, social care, educational environments) where there is a degree of resistance or antagonism to the information being communicated requiring the use of a high level of interpersonal and communication skills. Communicate effectively with a range of professionals and agencies within different settings. To communicate in group settings which might include therapeutic groups and liaison with external agencies, such as school/college. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. ## Job Details As part of the Specialist CAMHS Community South Team, the Assistant Psychologist will support and enhance the psychological care and assessment of young people and their families/carers, under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. You will support care served with Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire county areas. ## Job Description To support and carry out a range of psychometric and other assessments with people who have mental health difficulties. To support and carry out defined therapeutic interventions with young people with mental health difficulties. To support interventions with staff teams, such as consultancy, training, identifying resources, multi-disciplinary working, signposting staff to appropriate services and service promotion. To support data collection and analysis, for both clinical and service evaluation, as required. This may include collecting and reviewing a variety of data such as psychometric scores, interview data, historical information, literature searches. It may also involve data analysis and report writing under supervision. ## Responsibilities To undertake the above tasks across Nottinghamshire City and County under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. This will include direct individual and group work with young people and their families/carers, liaison with external agencies (e.g., schools) and in conjunction with other registered professionals offer consultative work to MDT. Provide and receive complex and sensitive information with clients and staff, e.g. relaying condition related information, in situations where there are barriers to communication, understanding and acceptance such as disability, cultural differences or mental health needs. Communicating in a highly emotive atmosphere (such as therapeutic sessions, social care, educational environments) where there is a degree of resistance or antagonism to the information being communicated requiring the use of a high level of interpersonal and communication skills. Communicate effectively with a range of professionals and agencies within different settings. To communicate in group settings which might include therapeutic groups and liaison with external agencies, such as school/college. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to communicate with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders both orally and in writing. - Ability to prepare detailed and timely reports in conjunction with with the project team as required. - Ability to develop and maintain effective and professional working relationships both internally and externally. ### Values **Essential** - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS foundation Trsut values, Trust, Honesty, Compassion, Teamwork - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. ### Training **Essential** - Experience of undertaking research, as part of an undergraduate or post-graduate degree. **Desirable** - Experience of delivering staff training ### Knowledge **Essential** - A working understanding of child and adolescent development. - an understanding of the current evidence base for the treatment of neurodevelopmental conditions amongst young people ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with children or adults in a mental health setting - Experience of delivering brief structured psychological intervention under supervision or other relevant clinical/clinical-research experience. - Experience of working practices with NHS/ statutory service settings. - Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team. **Desirable** - Experience of working with people with complex mental health needs. ### Qualifications **Essential** - An approved qualification in psychology conferring eligibility for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society , with either a Bachelor's degree (class 2.1 or higher) or a Bachelor's degree (any class together with a higher degree. **Desirable** - Postgraduate training in area relevant to child and adolescent mental health or eating disorders ### Physical Requirements **Essential** - Ability to work for long periods on a computer .Use of keyboard on a daily basis. Ability to manage long periods of concentration and pressured work. ### Contractual requirements **Essential** - Flexibility around working hours in accordance with service and operational need. - Ability to work across geographical establishments. - A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. ## Documents - [about the trust (pdf, 6.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2983) - [colleague benefits (pdf, 16.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2913) - [person specification (pdf, 248.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341998) - [assistant psychologist jd (pdf, 336.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10303131) - [about nottinghamshire healthcare (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2079) ## 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.