Assistant Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare trust in Stoke-on-Trent seeks a Band 4 Assistant Clinical Psychologist. The role involves supporting psychological assessments and assisting in care planning under supervision. Candidates should possess an upper second class honour's degree in psychology and have experience with mental health issues. The trust prioritizes staff wellbeing, offers flexible working, and is fully committed to sustainability efforts. Salary ranges from £27,485 to £30,162 per annum, pro rata.

Benefits

Flexible working

Wellness opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience with mental health problems or disabilities is essential.
• High level of written and verbal communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Assist qualified psychologists with psychological assessments.
• Help in the formulation and delivery of client care plans.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Upper second class honours degree in psychology

Job description

Go back North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Assistant Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 11 January 2026

The ASD Assessment Service are looking to recruit to a Band 4 Assistant Clinical Psychologist to support the team.

The successful candidate will support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the ASD Assessment service; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with the qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

Main duties of the job

Under the clinical supervision of a qualified psychologist, undertakes assessments of neuropsychological status and function, personality, beliefs, attitudes, behaviour, emotional function, other relevant psychological characteristics and dimensions and factors relevant to the development, maintenance and understanding of the client's difficulties, using standardised psychometric instruments, protocol based assessment tools, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and structured and semi-structured interviews as required. Utilises assessment techniques directly with clients and collects information from family members and others involved in the client's care as appropriate.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Job responsibilities

1. Assists qualified psychologists in the scoring, analysis, interpretation and reporting of psychological assessments undertaken with clients and others.

2. Under the clinical supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, assists in the formulation of the clients difficulties and in the planning and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of the clients problems in community and in-patient/residential settings.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology

Experience

• Experience of work with people with mental health problems or disabilities, or other relevant problems or disabilities (e.g. learning disabilities, organic impairment).

Knowledge

• High level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to work and effectively communicate complex or sensitive information in highly emotive and emotionally charged settings involving conflict and significant personal distress.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearPro rata, per annum