Assistant Psychologist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Eastchurch, Sheerness, ME12 4DZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£30,392 to £33,157
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
The post holder will have the opportunity of working alongside the Clinical Psychologist within the service. The post holder will contribute to the ov...
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holder's professional and team/operational manager(s).
- To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.
- To prepare test materials and visual aids as required.
- To undertake specific administrative duties as required.
- To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade as might be required by the line manager for the post.
- To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological principals, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
- To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a clients problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
- To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups or clinical projects. This includes evaluating the efficacy of the groups.
- To work with other staff to assess or support service users and contribute to multidisciplinary discussions or care guidelines as agreed with the clinical psychologist providing supervision.
- To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
- To provide feedback to MDT about psychology input.
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Education/Qualifications
Essential: - An upper second class honours degree (2:1) or higher in psychology.; - Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable: - Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential: - Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities; - Experience of facilitating psychologically informed groups
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
- Experience of working with a psychologist
- Experience of providing psychological interventions
- Working on an adult inpatient psychiatric ward
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of evidence-based psychological interventions suitable for challenging behaviour, i.e. Positive Behaviour Support Plans.
- High level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to work and effectively communicate complex or sensitive information in highly emotive and emotionally charged settings involving conflict and significant personal distress.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
Desirable: - Driving License, access to vehicle
How to apply
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First seen
22 September 2026
Last checked
23 September 2026
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