Assistant Psychologist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A local NHS trust is seeking recent psychology graduates for part-time Assistant Psychologist roles lasting 6 months. Candidates will gain clinical experience through observation and supervised independent work, enhancing mental health services. Responsibilities include supporting service users, conducting assessments, and contributing to care plans. Applicants should be passionate about mental health, eager to learn, and possess a relevant degree. The role offers NHS discounts, flexible working, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in psychology.
• Willingness to learn and support others.
• Ability to work in a team setting.

Responsibilities

• Support professional psychological care of service users.
• Conduct protocol-based psychological assessments.
• Assist in the formulation of care plans.

Skills

Passion for mental health services

Ability to work under supervision

Interest in evidence-based psychological interventions

Education

Recent psychology graduate

Job description

We encourage applications from those identified as under‑represented groups within the Psychology profession, this includes people from ethnic minority background and those from low income families.

The ASPIRE scheme is designed to support psychology graduates who face challenges accessing paid or unpaid assistant psychologist roles due to systemic barriers and contextual factors.

We are looking for recent psychology graduates who are passionate about working in mental health services, are curious to understand and support others, and are open to learning.

This year, we are offering three part‑time, paid placements lasting 6 months, providing valuable clinical experience to help participants progress toward their career goals. The role offers the development of clinical experience in working as an Assistant Psychologist within the NHS. This will be gained through observation of the clinical work of qualified members of staff (psychologists and other psychological professionals), joint working with the supervisor and others and, as agreed with the supervisor, supervised independent clinical work and related clinical tasks.

We anticipate that the successful applicants will work in one of three services.

Services

• Enfield Integrated Learning Disabilities Service (EILDS)
• St. Ann’s Eating Disorder Service (SAEDS)
• Unplanned Care (inpatient wards and/or Same Day Emergency Services)

The main duties of the job are to support and enhance the professional psychological care of service users within the service. The primary focus will be to work in conjunction with the supervision within the team, using evidence‑based psychological interventions to support service users, their families and others. This work will be completed under the close supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, moving towards working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. The post holder may also assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of outcome measures and statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, and project work.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide care equitably to all service users, in an anti‑discriminatory approach also promoting equality, diversity and inclusion for service users and their families.
• Undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients including self‑report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi‑structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
• Assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems.
• Assist in the development, coordination and running of therapeutic groups.
• Work with other staff to assess service‑users care.
• 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.
• Attend and contribute to appropriate multi‑disciplinary meetings.

Trust & Project Information

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five‑Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high‑quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent internal staff network.

Values

• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse

Working Locations

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Dec 2025.