Assistant Psychologist | North Bristol NHS Trust

North Bristol NHS; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bristol is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist for their Staff Psychology Team. This role involves supporting staff wellbeing initiatives, providing flexible support to psychologists, and contributing to clinical work. The ideal candidate is a psychology graduate with creativity and compassion, ready to enhance colleague and team wellbeing. Competitive compensation and supportive environment provided.

Qualifications

• Interest in supporting colleague, team, and organisational wellbeing.
• Ability to work closely with psychologists and administrative teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide flexible support role often at short notice.
• Support delivery of interventions and development of resources.
• Involvement in direct clinical work as appropriate.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Creative

Compassionate

Organised

Education

Psychology degree

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative, and compassionate Assistant Psychologist to join the Staff Psychology Team at North Bristol NHS Trust, as part of our parliamentary award-winning Trust-wide Staff Wellbeing Service.

This Staff Psychology Assistant Psychology post offers a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic and organised psychology graduate with an interest in how to support colleague, team, and organisational wellbeing.

"Please only apply for this post if you meet the Essential criteria for this Band 5 post. Tailored applications only please".

Role and responsibilities

• The post holder will work in close liaison with psychologists and the administrative team, providing a flexible support role, often at short notice. The post holder will support the delivery of 1:1, group, and team-based interventions, development of creative and engaging resources (e.g., leaflets and presentations), and play a key role in the collection, analysis, and dissemination of quantitative and qualitative data.
• The post holder will have the opportunity to be involved in the direct clinical work, on an individual and group / team basis, as appropriate and according to experience, with regular supervision.
• The post holder will work within North Bristol NHS Trust which employs over 12,000 staff, delivering healthcare in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset, from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
• North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
• The Staff Psychology Team specialise in interventions to support staff members and teams across the hospital, at all levels. The main responsibilities of this post are to:

• Work in close liaison with all psychologists and the admin service providing a flexible support role, often at short notice, to maintain the smooth running of the department, providing cross–cover as needed and as appropriate to the role
• Support the coordination and delivery of workshops, courses, bespoke team work, and other initiatives (e.g the Staff Trauma Support Pathway, ACT for Wellbeing course, Staff approach to fostering team wellbeing). This may, with experience and support, include co-delivering training and workshops to groups of healthcare staff.
• Play a key role in the development of creative, engaging, and accessible staff information resources relevant to the service, working closely with both the psychologists and the admin team.
• Contribute and maintain the information on the Staff Psychology intranet pages
• According to experience, undertake supervised clinical work as agreed with the designated supervisor; this may be 1:1 (including signposting colleagues to onwards relevant support), group work (e.g. ACT for wellbeing), following up on staff referrals via telephone to gain more information or signpost, or team sessions.
• Facilitate and coordinate ‘Breathing Space’, our drop-in mindfulness sessions for healthcare staff, managing individual distress and group dynamics as needed, under clinical supervision
• Supporting our assessment and evaluation processes, preparing, administering, and analysing self-reported, validated questionnaire measures and key performance indicators; Maintaining databases and reports regarding the clinical, audit, and research activities undertaken by the department working with the support manager to prepare quarterly reports for key stakeholders, and others as needed; liaising with our research partner
• Co-develop team assessment and summary reports as part of bespoke team work

This advert closes on Monday 20 Oct 2025