Senior Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

Senior Assistant Psychologist -- Hampshire CAMHS Specialist Eating Disorders Team

We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate Senior Assistant Psychologist to join our friendly and supportive Specialist Eating Disorders Team (EDT) working with children, young people and families across Hampshire.

This is a really varied role offering the opportunity to work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team including psychology, psychiatry, nursing, dietetics, family therapy and support workers. You will gain experience supporting young people with a range of eating difficulties including Anorexia Nervosa, ARFID and other eating disorder presentations.

The role will involve leading and supporting direct clinical work, psychological interventions, groups, outcome measures, formulations, service evaluation and psychologically informed MDT working. There will be opportunities to develop skills in working systemically with families, understanding eating disorders from a developmental and biopsychosocial perspective, and contributing to innovative service development.

We are looking for someone who is warm, motivated, reflective and genuinely passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people and families. Please note if we receive a high volume of applications we will close the advert early.

Main duties of the job

To undertake assessments and interventions (including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews of clients, family members and others involved in the clients care).

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To assist in the development of psychologically based frameworks of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service.

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To formulate and deliver care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client's problems within settings where there may be a hostile atmosphere, challenging behaviour, or high levels of expressed emotion.

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To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups.

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To compile risk histories to inform care plans, risk and crisis plans.

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To work with other team members to improve care practices and the quality of life of clients.

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To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings.

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To support the delivery of evidence based psychological interventions for clients.

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To carry out other clinical and administrative tasks as appropriate to the post holder's grade.

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To be up to date with both de-escalation, physical breakaway and PMVA techniques appropriate to the service environment

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

• Date posted: 15 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 348-CFS-11577
• Job locations: Cromwell House, 15 Andover Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7BT, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.