Job summary
- Main area
- Assistant Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 100-ACS186-0925
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- TBC
- Town
- TBC
- Salary
- £31,516 - £38,364 per annum (pro rata if part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/10/2025
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist – Clinical Health Psychology
Band 5
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Assistant Psychologist to join our newly developed Adult Diabetes Pump Technology Service. This role offers involves working in an innovative multidisciplinary team (MDT) including Specialist Nurses, Dieticians, Healthcare Assistants, and a Clinical Psychologist.
Working under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist, you will support the delivery of psychologically informed care to adult patients using insulin pump technology. The role includes contributing to assessments for pump initiation, supporting ongoing engagement with therapy, and helping young people who are already using pump technology transition from paediatric to adult services.
Supervision and development are core to the role, with regular support provided by the Clinical Psychologist. You’ll be encouraged to bring your own ideas to service delivery and patient engagement, contributing creatively to a team that values innovation, inclusion, and psychologically informed care.
This is a flexible, blended role with both remote and in-person working, and regular supervision and development opportunities. We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic, proactive, and passionate about applying psychology in physical health settings.
Main duties of the job
As an Assistant Psychologist, you’ll support the delivery of psychologically informed care for adults using insulin pump technology. You’ll contribute to assessments for pump initiation, help patients maintain engagement, and support young people transitioning from paediatric to adult services.
Under supervision, you’ll assist with clinical screening, data collection, and psychological formulation. You’ll help develop psychoeducational resources, contribute to group sessions, and participate in MDT discussions and clinics. A key part of your role will be selecting and scoring outcome measures, maintaining a database, and supporting audit and evaluation.
Your insights will help inform service quality, and you’ll contribute to the regular review of processes and outcomes. You’ll also support the wider Health Psychology team by sharing learning from the pump pathway and helping keep colleagues informed of technological and psychological developments.
We’re looking for someone with excellent communication and organisational skills, who is curious, reflective, and confident working in a team. Experience in physical health or MDT settings is welcome but not essential.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
- Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
- Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
- 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
- Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you’re enthusiastic, proactive, and passionate about applying psychology in physical health settings — we’d love to hear from you.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 23/10/25
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) Degree in Psychology with graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society.
Desirable criteria
- Further post-graduate training in a relevant area.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with people with mental health or physical health difficulties.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in more than one area of work, e.g., Adult Mental Health, Older People’s Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
- Experience in an NHS setting.
- Experience in delivering low intensity psychological interventions.
- Experience in delivering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- High level communication written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to communicate and work within settings that may be highly emotive, dynamic and/or where there may be barriers to understanding.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context for adults.
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
- Ability to work independently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Ability to maintain professional conduct, dignity and respect when confronted with verbal aggression and/or hostility with emotionally distressed clients.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using databases and statistical analysis software, e.g. SPSS, NVivo.
- High standard of clinical report writing.
- Interest in working with people with mental health and physical health difficulties or other disabilities.
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between Hywel Dda health board sites and NHS settings in a timely manner.
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Kate Rhodes
- Job title
- Lead for Adult Diabetes Psychology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01267 246917
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