Assistant Psychologist
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS TrustNorwich, East of England
Overview
This is a NHS role (fixed-term) with Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust based in Norwich. The advertised salary is £28,392 to £31,157. Applications close on 1 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
This is an innovative service offering assessment and treatment of young people between 0-16 at Central CAMHS Mary Chapman Housewith a variety of comp...
Within this role the post holder will have the opportunity to help assess, formulate and deliver a range of psychological interventions to young people and families acrossthe CAMHS age range, as well as opportunities for delivering bothgroup andfamily interventions. Working as part of the MDT thisrole will involve working with staff to offerpsychologically informed care, develop psychological formulationsas well as supporting the wider team with undertaking routine outcome measures and reporting on these outcomes.
Further responsibilities of this post will be conducting reviews alongside Clinical Psychologists within the team, supporting the wider psychological therapies team and supporting with monitoring of clients on waiting lists.There will also be the opportunity to be involved in service evaluation.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
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For further details please contact kerry.norfolk@nsft.nhs.uk
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Essential: - oA BPS accredited degree in Psychology
Essential: - oExperience of quantitative research
Desirable: - Experience of research in the NHS.
Essential: - Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.
Desirable: - Presentation skillsAbility to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues.; - Presentation Skills.
Essential: - oKnowledge of mental health; - oHigh standard of report writing; - oAn understanding of psychology applied to health care
Desirable: - An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.; - An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context.
other:
Essential: - oAn ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.; - oAbility to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively; - oAbility to travel independently; - . Ability to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained in techniques, as required by role
How this role compares
We hold 893 NHS vacancies in East of England that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £39,959. This role pays less than about 76% of them.
There are 13,012 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,295 of them in East of England.
You have 11 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 46 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust has 67 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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