Assistant Psychologist
East London NHS Foundation Trust
London, E1 1BJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£34,186 to £37,389
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
21 October 2026
2 days leftJob description
We are looking to recruit an Assistant Psychologist to join our High Intensity User Team (HIUT). The HIUT exists to identify frequent attenders to the...
Supporting clinical interventions, and evaluating the service.
Collating data around people who present frequently to the ED and ensuring that the team receives this data in a timely manner.
Supporting ED staff in identifying people frequently attending A&E with:
- - primary mental health problems
- secondary mental health problems as a result of persistent physical health conditions
- undetected but treatable psychological difficulty, for example, non-cardiac chest pain, MUS, breathlessness, panic and asthma. May involve teaching and delivering training.
Gathering service use history, mental health history and liaising with other professionals
Screen suitability of referrals
Complete outcome data regarding service use prior to work within HIUT and post discharge, for audit and service evaluation purposes.
Provide regular written reports on outcomes to a variety of stakeholders
Produce, coordinate and disseminate Multi agency coordinated plans.
Support qualified clinicians on joint visits
Complete supervised, low-level, structured clinical work under close supervision from the HIUT Clinical Psychologist.
Support the psychological work of others within the service and associated services through delivery of teaching, training, and advice about specific psychological interventions and assessments, as appropriate to experience and competence and as directed by senior staff.
Follow defined practices and procedures under the management of senior staff.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential: - oFirst degree in Psychology (2i or above), conferring graduate basis for registration as accredited by the BPS
Desirable: - oBreakaway Training; - oAttendance at specialist short courses (e.g. CBT for Psychosis) or other substantial clinically-focused training
Experience
Essential: - oExperience of clinical audit and research at undergraduate level.
Desirable
- Postgraduate experience of working within an adult psychiatric/acute hospital inpatient setting
- Experience of working with challenging behaviour.
- Experience of conducting service related research
- Work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis.
- Awareness of racial and diversity issues through attendance of relevant training.
- Skills in relevant psychological assessment and interventions that enable working as a pre-qualified practitioner with close clinical supervision.
- Skills in providing supporting teaching and training provided by psychologists or others to other professional groups.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Skills in conducting psychological assessment, formulation and low-intensity psychological interventions tailored to the formulation, under the supervision of the qualified psychologist
- Communication & Relationship skills: Able to provide & receive sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive atmosphere. Strong skills in engagement and development of a therapeutic rapport.
- Able to use skills of empathy to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance. Able to confidently liaise with other professionals from a range of backgrounds and share formulations of high intensity use appropriately and with support of qualified colleagues
- Analytical & judgemental skills: Able to draw upon a specific theoretical knowledge and models to develop holistic formulations of the drivers of high intensity use of services, under clinical supervision.
- Able to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of direct clinical work appropriately, through PROMS or qualitative feedback
- Able to assess risk to self, other, and from others; including the HIUT-specific risk of iatrogenic harm; and to be able to seek qualified support responsively should urgent risk arise in the absence of the qualified psychologist
Desirable
- Cultural awareness: Aware of the potential impact of discrimination & disadvantage on mental health.
- Flexibility: Able to be flexible and adapt approach according to need
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
9 October 2026
Last checked
9 October 2026
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