Job summary
- Main area
- Assistant Psychologist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 367-SS-9672
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various locations in: Welwyn Garden City, Cambridge, East of England Region
- Town
- Welwyn Garden City, Cambridge, East of England Region
- Salary
- £32,602 - £39,686 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAs)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time 0.8, Assistant Psychologist (band 5) within adult eating disorder services.
This is a new post created as part of the East of England Provider Collaborative. The Trust is working with CPFT and the Provider Collaborative on the establishment of a new Adult Eating Disorder Admission Avoidance Service called A-EDIT.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a newly established team within adult eating disorders. Psychology is highly valued by the team and is seen as a core component of service provision.
The Provider Collaborative Alternative to Admission (A2A) pathway is being recommissioned with CPFT and HPFT leading on the implementation of the new model referred to as the Adult Eating Disorder Intensive Team (A-EDIT). This will supersede the current regional pilot projects in the A2A pathway (which were the Intensive Community Support (ICT) and Virtual Intensive Support (VIT) models).
A-EDIT will have
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One joint team delivering both virtual and face-to-face interventions, flexed to meet the preference and formulation of the patient and the capacity of the hubs.
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All staff will be contracted to CPFT or HPFT but will be located across the region and will be expected to travel.
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The intention is to use clinical space across the region on an ad hoc basis, and there will be bases in Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
Main duties of the job
Applicants must be psychology graduates with at least a 2:1 degree and be eligible for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society. You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, good organisational skills, and the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.
You will have excellent data analysis skills and be competent in using Excel and SPSS. We are particularly interested in individuals who can demonstrate research skills, as a significant proportion of the role involves analysing outcome data and carrying out audits to help with service improvement and delivery.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details of the role/responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
About us - Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust
Heard. Respected. Included. Together, we help people with mental ill-health, learning disabilities and autism to live life to the fullest. We work throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk...
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please see our Job Description and the Person Specification that is attached to this advert
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Hons Degree in Psychology or higher
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
- Additional training in Long- Term Physical Health conditions
Previous experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of work with people with mental health problems
- Understanding / compliance with prof standards / practice
- experience of data analysis, especially excel and SPSS
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering digital interventions
- Experience of undertaking audit in clinical services
- Work or lived experience with long- term physical health conditions
Skills / knowledge / ability
Essential criteria
- High standard report writing
- Can communicate sensitive information, respectfully and empathically
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Can work as member of team
- High level communication skills, in highly emotive environments
Desirable criteria
- Fluent in languages other than English
Analytical skills
Essential criteria
- Understands importance of evidence based interventions
Physical Skills / Effort
Essential criteria
- IT skills to enable online activity
- Can undertake the role remotely from team members, in accordance with guidance
- Can travel to meetings / training / Trust sites
- Can work flexibly , across hours of work
Mental / Emotional Effort
Essential criteria
- Can work under pressure to agreed activity contract
- Manages own workload
- Self reflective with service users, in own development and in supervision
- Can develop good therapeutic relationships
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christian Koebbel
- Job title
- Consultant Counselling Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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