Assistant Psychologist

Transformation Unit; King's Lynn; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive training programmes

Career progression

27 days annual leave increasing with 3

NHS discounts

Job summary

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for an Assistant Psychologist to join the West Norfolk Youth Service at Thurlow House, Kings Lynn. The role supports young people aged 14–25 with complex mental health needs, within an innovative service offering assessments and interventions.

Weekly supervision will be provided by a clinical psychologist. The post includes training, professional development and opportunities to engage with academic links and trainee clinical

Qualifications

• A BPS accredited degree in Psychology.
• Experience of quantitative research.
• Experience of research in the NHS.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues.
• Knowledge of mental health.
• High standard of report writing.
• An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
• An ability to travel independently.

Responsibilities

• Assess, formulate and deliver a range of psychological interventions to young people and families aged 14–25.
• Deliver both group and family interventions where appropriate.
• Support with monitoring outcomes and routine measures.
• Work within the MDT to provide psychologically informed care and formulations.
• Support service evaluation and involvement in waiting lists reviews.

Skills

Quantitative research

Communication of sensitive information

Interpersonal skills

Empathy

Team collaboration

Education

BPS accredited degree in Psychology

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 4 Contract 12 months (12 month fixed term contract) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 246-WSN8368865

Employer Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Thurlow House Town Kings Lynn Salary £28,392 - £31,157 gross per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/12/2026

Assistant Psychologist

Band 4

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed Assistant Psychologist to join the West Norfolk Youth Service, based at Thurlow House in Kings Lynn.

This is an innovative service offering assessment and treatment of young people aged between 14 and 25 years with a variety of complex mental health needs. We are looking for psychology graduates with previous Assistant Psychologist or relevant clinical experience who are interested in working with young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, who can be compassionate, thoughtful and have the ability to apply psychological theory to their work.

Weekly supervision for this post will be provided by a clinical psychologist within the team. We have good links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme with previous post holders having been accepted onto the clinical doctorate and regularly have Trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement.

Main duties of the job

Within this role the post holder will have the opportunity to help assess, formulate and deliver a range of psychological interventions to young people and families across this age range, as well as opportunities for delivering both group and family interventions. Working as part of the MDT this role will involve working with staff to offer psychologically informed care, develop psychological formulations as well as supporting the wider team with undertaking routine outcome measures and reporting on these outcomes.

Further responsibilities of this post will be conducting reviews alongside Clinical Psychologists within the team, supporting the wider psychological therapies team and supporting with monitoring of clients on waiting lists. There will also be the opportunity to be involved in service evaluation.

Working for our organisation

It is important to us that all staff share our values and core beliefs, and those of the NHS Constitution. If you want to work in an environment of mutual respect, compassion, integrity and collaborative working, then we are the team for you.

We are an improving Trust, with ambitious aspirations and we are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work.

Why Norfolk? The people here are warm and welcoming; we have a beautiful coastline and the Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops, and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details please contact Miles Lattimer, email: [e-mail] or by calling on 01553 736011

Person specification

Qualifications

• A BPS accredited degree in Psychology

Experience

• Experience of quantitative research
• Experience of research in the NHS.

Skills

• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues

Knowledge

• Knowledge of mental health
• High standard of report writing
• An understanding of psychology applied to health care
• An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context.
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.

Other

• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectivelyAbility to travel independent

YOUR APPLICATION

We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at [e-mail].

PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your "junk" mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your " junk" inbox.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be 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 certification / accreditation badges

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.