Senior Assistant Psychologist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Assistant Psychologist to join their Adult Eating Disorders team, focusing on early assessments and treatments. The role involves supporting the FREED pathway and requires a BPS accredited psychology degree along with experience in a similar role. Benefits include flexible working, generous annual leave, and excellent career development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave plus the opportunity to buy and sell leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' scheme

Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Engage with individuals aged 16-25 for early assessments and treatments.
• Support clients in the FREED pathway with psychological treatment.
• Carry out routine outcome assessments and prepare reports.

Responsibilities

• Support the running of the FREED pathway.
• Provide assessments for new referrals to the service.
• Participate in the delivery of interventions to patients.

Skills

Experience working with Eating Disorders

Previous experience as an Assistant Psychologist

Full of ideas and passion for delivering excellent care

Education

An honours degree or higher in Psychology BPS accredited

Job description

Are you ready to do something different, as part of an innovative and exciting service? Are you looking to develop your skills working alongside a supportive, multi-disciplinary team?

Due to the current postholder having secured a place on a DClinPsych course, we have a very exciting opportunity for a Senior Assistant Psychologist to join our Adult Eating Disorders team working in our early intervention FREED Pathway.

The role will be split between St Marks Hospital in Maidenhead and Erlegh House in Reading, where you will work closely with a dynamic team to provide a countywide service to people with eating disorders. You might be required to complete visits in the community.

In this role, you will primarily engage with people aged 16-25 who are eligible for the FREED pathway to offer early assessments and treatments, although you will also work with people across all ages as part of our wider team.

The working pattern for the role is 9:00 – 17:00, Monday to Friday, with some room for home working.

Interview will be held on 25th July 2025.

• Supporting the running and monitoring of the FREED (First episode and Rapid Early intervention service for Eating Disorders) pathway
• Providing assessments for new referrals to the Berkshire Eating Disorders Service
• Participating in, supporting, assessing, and delivering interventions to patients in the FREED pathway of the service
• Contributing to the formulation and delivery of care plans involving psychological treatment and/or management of clients' mental health problems under supervision
• Carrying out routine outcome assessments of clients within the Berkshire Eating Disorders Service, including administration and scoring of questionnaire measures and the preparation of reports

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment, and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption, and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The “must haves” for this role:

• An honours degree or higher in Psychology BPS accredited
• Previous experience working as an Assistant Psychologist
• Experience working with Eating Disorders
• Full of ideas and passion for delivering excellent care

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact Viviane Guys, Clinical Team Lead, via email: [e-mail], who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Sunday 13 Jul 2025.