Senior Assistant Psychologist

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in Scunthorpe is seeking a Senior Assistant Psychologist (NHS AfC Band 5) to support the Psychological Therapies Pathway, focusing on a new trauma pathway, under supervision.

The role involves delivering therapeutic interventions, contributing to audits and service development, maintaining records, and working within multidisciplinary teams and partnerships with third-sector sexual violence services.

Qualifications

• Upper 2nd class honours degree, or higher, in psychology.
• Eligibility for graduate membership of British Psychological Society.
• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Provide Assistant Psychology support to the trauma pathway under supervision.
• Support delivery of therapeutic interventions and service evaluation.
• Contribute to clinical and multidisciplinary meetings with sensitive communication.
• Assist with audit, research, data collection and report preparation.
• Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping and report writing.
• Support staff training and ongoing professional development.
• Contribute to service development across mental health and sexual violence services.

Skills

Communication skills

Report writing

Multidisciplinary work

Handling distress

Time management

Education

Psychology degree

BPS membership eligibility

Postgraduate training

Tools

SPSS

Job description

Employer Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Elizabeth Quarter Town Scunthorpe Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/09/2026 23:59

Senior Assistant Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

1. To provide Assistant Psychology support to the Psychological Therapies Pathway within the North Lincs Primary Care Network, specifically a new trauma pathway.

2. The Band 5 Assistant Psychologist will support the delivery of therapeutic interventions, service evaluation, and the development of new links between the trauma pathway and third sector sexual violence services, under the supervision of the Principal Psychologist.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support psychological care under the supervision of a qualified Psychologist, contributing to assessment, formulation, intervention planning and service development.

• Clinical work: Support therapeutic interventions, assessments, care plans, and psychologically informed formulation.
• Communication and multidisciplinary working: Contribute to clinical and multidisciplinary meetings, communicating sensitively with service users, families, carers, professionals and partner agencies.
• Training, supervision and professional development: Engage in supervision, follow professional guidance, maintain CPD, develop role‑related skills, and support staff training in psychological care.
• Service development: Support service development projects, including work across mental health and sexual violence services, and contribute to relevant meetings.
• Research, audit and evaluation: Assist with audit and research, including literature searches, data collection, analysis, and report preparation.
• Governance and professional standards: Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping, report writing and professional self-governance, working in line with Trust policies, professional codes, legislation, local and national guidance, and mandatory training requirements.
• Flexibility within role: Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade as required, in discussion with the Lead Psychologist, and contribute to ongoing review of the role through the PDR process.

Working for our organisation

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

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The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

Person specification

Qualifications

• Upper 2nd class honours degree, or higher, in psychology.
• Eligibility for graduate membership of British Psychological Society.
• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

• Paid or unpaid work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities.
• Experience of running therapeutic groups within Adult Mental Health
• Knowledge of evidence based practice
• Previous Experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist
• Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
• Experience with client group relevant to post.
• Experience of psychometric test administration and interpretation.
• Experience of providing individual interventions
• Previous experience of delivering teaching / training

Knowledge

• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems and other disabilities.
• Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health / cognitive impairment / disability context.
• Demonstrates knowledge and experience of research and research methodology.
• An understanding of psychology applied to healthcare

Skills/ Abilities

• High level of communication skills (written and oral), including an ability to communicate and work in highly emotive circumstances
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to clients, carers and colleagues.
• An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
• An ability to interact appropriately with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities.
• Ability to work reliably and consistently on tasks agreed and managed at regular intervals by Supervisor
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
• A high standard of report writing

Additional Requirements

• Ability to contain and work with high levels of distress and to manage the emotional impact of the work.
• Able to manage own stress in difficult conditions and to identify when additional personal support may be necessary.
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Computer literate, including use of databases & data analysis, e.g. SPSS for Windows.

**Eligibility for sponsorship - please read before submitting your application**

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.