Senior Assistant Psychologist

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Senior Assistant Psychologist in Shrewsbury, providing support within community mental health services. This role involves collaborating with various professionals to deliver psychological interventions, conducting research, and evaluating service effectiveness. Candidates must possess significant clinical experience and a relevant psychology degree, with opportunities for career growth and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Significant experience as an Assistant Psychologist or equivalent.
• Experience working with severe mental health problems.
• Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.

Responsibilities

• Support the provision of brief psychological therapeutic interventions.
• Contribute to service evaluation using outcome measures.
• Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Clinical experience

Research skills

Communication

Education

First or Upper Second honours degree in psychology

Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Job description

Job Summary

This position is for a Senior Assistant Psychologist with the Shrewsbury West & Rural CMHS.

The team work with individuals with a varying degree of mental illnesses with adults in the community offering key working, assessment and risk management and working closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team.

The team consists of several different disciplines including nurses, occupational therapists, social worker, medics, non-medical prescribers, psychologists, support workers and a nursing associate.

For this post we will require substantial experience as an Assistant Psychologist and a capability of working with some complex cases and challenging situations.

Main duties of the job

• To support the systematic provision of brief psychological therapeutic interventions.
• Contribute to this developing role; including using outcome measures and evaluating the service. The post-holder will support Leads and other practitioners.
• Work with the multi-disciplinary team and will assist with clinically related administration.
• Use research skills for audit and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
• Compile and disseminate relevant resources.
• Promote and maintain good working relationships with clients and other external agencies.
• Receive regular (weekly) clinical professional supervision from senior qualified psychologists in the service.
  
  

About Us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
  
  

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Details

Date posted

23 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-KM-25-7280956

Job locations

Severn Field's Health Village

Sundorne Road

Shrewsbury

SY1 4RQ

Job Description

Job responsibilities

For further information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and job specification.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

For further information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and job specification.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Person Specification

Essential

QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• A First or Upper Second honours degree in psychology OR a lower class with a post-graduate qualification e.g.: Masters degree.
• Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
  
  

Desirable

• Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice, autism, personality disorder and/or research design and analysis.
• CBT qualification, or other similar level of therapeutic qualification
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working with people in a clinical or other supportive environment as an AP or equivalent
• Significant experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems
• significant experience of working as an assistant psychologist
  
  

Desirable

• Understanding and experience of working with people who have experienced trauma.
• Experience of working within multi-disciplinary settings and multi-agency settings.
• Experience and understanding of working with people with a psychotic disorder
• Experience of working with those with a neurodivergence
• Experience of working psychologically with assessment, formulation, intevention and evaluation
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Significant experience of working with people in a clinical or other supportive environment as an AP or equivalent
• Significant experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems
• significant experience of working as an assistant psychologist
  
  

Desirable

• Understanding and experience of working with people who have experienced trauma.
• Experience of working within multi-disciplinary settings and multi-agency settings.
• Experience and understanding of working with people with a psychotic disorder
• Experience of working with those with a neurodivergence
• Experience of working psychologically with assessment, formulation, intevention and evaluation
  
  

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Severn Field's Health Village

Sundorne Road

Shrewsbury

SY1 4RQ

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Severn Field's Health Village

Sundorne Road

Shrewsbury

SY1 4RQ

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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