Assistant Psychologist

Oxleas Nhs Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Assistant Psychologist to support data collection for CYP-IAPT within a CAMHS service in Erith, UK. The role includes administrative duties, audits, data analysis, and producing reports under supervision by a Clinical Psychologist.

The post offers opportunities for clinical work under supervision, with emphasis on IT skills, Excel and SPSS, and strong communication with clinical teams and service users.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate psychology degree with GBR (BPS).
• 1st class psychology degree.
• Less than 5 years total experience as assistant psychologist or research assistant.

Responsibilities

• Support CYP-IAPT data collection within a CAMHS service.
• Assist in audits and development of audit/research projects.
• Produce reports and summaries of multi-disciplinary activity.
• Provide training on outcome measures to staff.
• Undertake clinical work under supervision of a Clinical Psychologist.

Skills

Excellent communication

Data analysis

IT skills

Excel

SPSS

Education

Undergraduate psychology degree (GBR/BPS GBR)

1st class psychology degree

Tools

SPSS

Excel

Job description

Assistant Psychologist Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust•Erith, United Kingdom

Job summary

We are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated psychology graduates who are keen to gain experience in order to progress towards applied training in clinical psychology. The posts are focused upon supporting data collection processes for Children and Young Peoples IAPT (CYP-IAPT), including clinical outcome monitoring and service-user satisfaction. The role involves supporting clinical staff in using and interpreting routine outcomes measures, analysing data, producing reports and training staff in outcome measures. Having good IT skills and knowledge of Excel and SPSS would be an advantage. Excellent communication skills are necessary to be able to liaise and support clinical staff and teams, and an interest in working with children and young people is essential. The posts will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist. Although the primary task in this role is to support data collection there will be opportunities to undertake clinical work under supervision.

For further information please contact Dr Kate Doherty/Dr Rekha Vara on 0203 260 5200

Main duties of the job

To help support the data collection processes for Children and Young Peoples IAPT (CYP-IAPT) within a multi-disciplinary CAMHS service. To assist in clinically related administration, completion of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work. There will also be opportunities to undertake clinical work under supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist and support the psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

• Date posted: 11 August 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 4
• Salary: £33,262 to £36,027 a year pa inc
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 277-8197663-CYP
• Job locations: Bexley CAMHS Park Crescent Erith DA8 3EE United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Overview of the Post To help support the data collection processes for Children and Young Peoples IAPT (CYP-IAPT) within a multi-disciplinary CAMHS service. To assist in clinically related administration, completion of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work. There will also be opportunities to undertake clinical work under supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist and support the psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.

Key Task and Responsibilities

Research and Service Evaluation

To undertake data collection, data inputting, analysis and the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes

• To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.
• To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist qualified clinical psychologists in evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
• To support clinical staff and managers with regards to the collection and recording of routine data through training and regular attendance at team meetings.
• To provide monthly reports of multi-disciplinary clinical activity as requested by the supervising clinical psychologist and team manager.

IT Responsibilities (clinical)

• To create graphs or charts to collage or summarise data on individual interventions or treatment programmes.
• To assist in producing visual material or user-friendly information for interventions with clients.

Clinical

• To undertake protocol based psychological assessment of client applying psychological theory, including neuro-psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
• To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a clients problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
• To assist in the co-ordination and running of therapeutic groups or clinical projects.
• To work with other staff to assess or support service users in residential and day service settings and contribute to multi-disciplinary discussions or care guidelines as agreed with the clinical psychologist providing supervision.
• To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
• To understand and work within the CYP IAPT framework.

Teaching, Training and Supervision

• In common with all clinical psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.
• To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post holder is employed.
• To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.
• To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.

Management, Recruitment and Service Development

• To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.
• To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.

Communication

Liaises with:Other assistant psychologists, psychology members of the team, including the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and other disciplines and agencies responsible for clients care.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Has an undergraduate degree in psychology with Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) with the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• 1st class psychology degree
• Total years' experience as an assistant psychologist and/or research assistant is less than 5 years.
• Experience as an assistant psychologist in any specialty

Knowledge and Skills

Desirable

• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of outcomes/audit/CYP IAPT principles
• Description of knowledge and skills has been made specific to the post advertised (eg in CAMHS, mainly outcomes)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).