Assistant Psychologist
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
London, SE5 8AZ
Salary
£34,186 to £37,389
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
11 September 2026
7 days left
Job description
Toassistpractitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service in an eating disorders day service including guided self...
Toassistthe team with meal support and meal modelling with patients and supporting specific patients with 1:1 support via behavioural experiments.
Toassistin the design and implementation of audit and research projects to inform theservice, Psychologistand others in the development of Trust psychology and other services, trainingprovisionand research activities.
To receive regular clinical and professional supervisionin accordance withprofessional practice guidelines
To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting supplies as needed.
To provide psychological assessments for clients in the Eating Disorders Day Service under the close supervision of a practitioner psychologist.
To provide protocol based individual psychological interventions for clients in the Eating Disorders Day Service including guided self-help, CREST and CRT.
To arrange, schedule and provide protocol-based group psychological interventions for clients in the Eating Disorders Day Service.
Toassistthe psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials.
Day Services are delivered from the Maudsley Eating Disorders Outpatients unit. The service is home to the FREED project (First episode Rapid Early intervention forEating Disorders) and continues to grow, providing evidence-based models, and is highly active in research.
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here
Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Qualifications
Essential
- 2:1 (Hons) in Psychology
Desirable
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Postgraduate training relevant to mental health
Knowledge
Essential
- Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis.
- Awareness of racial and diversity issues
- Good theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by and needs of people with eating disorders and of methods of assessment and treatment.
Desirable
- Paid experience in a service providing psychological therapies
Skills & abilities
Essential
- Skills in relevant psychological assessment and interventions that enable working as a pre-qualified practitioner with close clinical supervision.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, information to clients, families and colleagues.
- Skills in providing supporting teaching and training provided by psychologists or others to other professional groups.
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Experience
Essential
- Sufficient post-graduate experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs in mental health to be able to work clinically with close direct supervision.
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.
- Post-graduate experience of conducting research projects or audits.
Desirable
- The Trust encourages and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We see this as valuable and recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
4 September 2026
Last checked
4 September 2026
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