# Senior Assistant Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-assistant-psychologist/9018bd42-c082-4b8a-a073-e23f087eddc4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-assistant-psychologist/9018bd42-c082-4b8a-a073-e23f087eddc4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Chalkhill - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Assistant psychologist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T23:04:13.202Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Hove/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_Assistant_Psychologist_Eating_Disorders/Senior_Assistant_Psychologist_Eating_Disorders-v8213072 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8213072?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Senior Assistant Psychologist to join our Family Eating Disorders Service (SFEDS). You will be joining a service of highly skilled and experienced Family and Systemic Psychotherapists, Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists, Nurses, Dietitian, Support Workers and Occupational Therapists. Our team is responsible for covering all of Sussex. You will be based at Aldrington House in Hove but may occasionally be required to travel to our clinics in Horsham and Hailsham. We offer and support hybrid and flexible working; we require staff to be on site for 60% of their working week. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will support and enhance the professional psychological care to young people (aged 10-18) with eating disorders as well as liaise with families/carers, other professionals and organisations to promote communication and good practice. Ideally you will have prior experience of working with eating disorders and experience of using therapeutic models associated with this client group. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing psychological assessments and interventions within the scope appropriate to level of experience and training. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities REQUIREMENTS: To be a successful Senior Assistant Psychologist in our team you will be/have: - Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology or equivalent. - You will have at least 6 months experience working as an Assistant Psychologist - Have experience of working with young people with complex needs. - You must be able to demonstrate a caring, compassionate and non-judgmental attitude, and show a commitment to making a difference when supporting young people and their families on their recovery journeys See attached Generic Job Description and Person Specification for full details. ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - To be able to communicate effectively under pressure and maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times - To be able to provide and receive complex sensitive or contentious information in a potentially highly emotive atmosphere. To be able to work with resistance to ideas - High standard of report writing - To assimilate complex information and use reflective/analytic thinking, to apply psychological perspectives in work with clients - Ability to be flexible and cope with multiple demands - Capable of using initiative and organise work to agreed goals. Ability to work independently and know when to ask for and use supervision, identifying when there is need for advice and using supervision at agreed intervals - Information technology skills. To have highly developed IT skills and good working knowledge of statistical packages - Team working - Ability to travel across sites - Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required ### Qualifications **Essential** - Honours Degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology or equivalent **Desirable** - Further post graduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis ### Knowledge and experience **Essential** - You will have at least 6 months experience working as an Assistant Psychologist - Experience of working with people with complex needs - Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or Mental Health setting and or work with people with complex needs - Relevant clinical and research skills - Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team - Basic knowledge of databases, research skills and methodology - Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact - An understanding of psychology applied to health care **Desirable** - Experience of the use of psychometric tests - Experience of in-patient settings - Lived experience of mental health issues ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) - [b5 senior assistant psychologist (pdf, 320.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10533590) ## 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.