Skip to main content

This site is independent of the NHS and the Department of Health.

Please wait, loading

Job summary

Main area
Psychology
Grade
Band 5
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
270-TG102-MH
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Berrywood Hospital
Town
Northampton
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/06/2025 08:00
Interview date
23/06/2025

Employer heading

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Assistant Psychologist

Band 5

Job overview

This post is for a Band 5 Senior Assistant Psychologist within the  Inpatient Psychology Service at Berrywood Hospital.

The post holder will support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service; providing psychological assessment, facilitation of groups and some limited low intensity psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.

The post holder will also assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, and collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work when required.

The post holder will be line managed and supervised within Inpatient Psychology.

 

Main duties of the job

To facilitate and support the running of psychoeducation and stabilisation groups on the wards at Berrywood Hospital.

To consider a research design, develop a research project, administer outcome measures and carry out audit of the groups as required under the supervision of a psychologist. 

To carry out appropriate one to one direct work with service users under supervision of a psychologist.

To carry out CPD as required for assistant psychologist positions.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Psychology Degree with GBR
Desirable criteria
  • additional relevent training or skills

experience

Essential criteria
  • relevant experience to the post minimum 1 year
Desirable criteria
  • additional experience relevant to post/area of work
  • experience that is not in the area but useful

skills

Essential criteria
  • relevant/ applicable skills to post
Desirable criteria
  • unrelated but applicable skills to post
  • CPD/training/qualification in particular skillset

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

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.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Jaspreet Tehara
Job title
Principal Lead Psychologist, Berrywood Hospital
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07510381953
Apply online nowAlert me to similar vacancies