South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Psychologist

The closing date is 25 November 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to work within Adult Mental Health and with clients who are experiencing Psychosis. The role offers a valuable opportunity for someone with a strong first degree in psychology, plus relevant experience, to further progress their career. Supervised and working alongside a clinical/counselling psychologist in the team, the post is highly suitable for a candidate who aspires to pursue further training in clinical psychology and other psychological therapy professions.

The Assistant Psychologist post offers an excellent opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in clinical/counselling psychology, within a broader NHS. You will have regular individual supervision from a Psychologist in the team.

About the location:

You will be based full time at Heather Close, closed to centre Lewisham and near to bus and train station.

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

Main duties of the job

To assist practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service in the in-patent service.

To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist.

To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, while closely supervised and regularly seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager.

To assist in the collection and analysis of data related to the Heather Close Rehab service, and in particular provision of psychological therapies.

To coordinate research activity in the Heather Close Rehab service.

Previous experience of CBT for psychosis and DBT will be highly considered. This would suit a person who already has worked as Assistant Psychologist with experience of facilitating groups and worked with people who are experiencing psychosis.

About us

Benefits:

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.

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
Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:

- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants

We look forward to receiving your application.

Date posted

11 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£33,094 to £36,195 a year per annum incl. of HCAs pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

334-CLI-7441295

Job locations

Borough of Lewisham

5 Heather Close

Hither Green, London

SE13 6UG

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide psychological assessments and 5P formulations for clients at Heather Close, under the close supervision of a practitioner psychologist. To provide protocol based individual psychological interventions for clients or carers at Heather Close.To arrange, schedule and provide protocol based group psychological interventions for clients atHeather Close.To assist the psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials or trainingTo arrange, schedule and co-facilitate training to carers in order to support the clinical workTo facilitate a range of assessments in line with patients level of engagement, facilitate under supervision treatment groups, developing PBS plan for management of challenging behaviours. To facilitate staff support .

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Person Specification: Essential Qualifications and Professional Registration . A First-class or Upper-second-class Bachelors degree with Honours in Psychology that is accredited by the British Psychological Society and confers the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society.

Experience

Essential

Sufficient post-graduate experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs in Adult Mental Health and Psychosis to be able to work clinically with close direct supervision
Post-graduate experience of conducting research projects or audits.
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.

Skills and 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.
Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, participating in effective team functioning and holding team roles.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Person Specification: Essential Qualifications and Professional Registration . A First-class or Upper-second-class Bachelors degree with Honours in Psychology that is accredited by the British Psychological Society and confers the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society.

Experience

Essential

Sufficient post-graduate experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs in Adult Mental Health and Psychosis to be able to work clinically with close direct supervision
Post-graduate experience of conducting research projects or audits.
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.

Skills and 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.
Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, participating in effective team functioning and holding team roles.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Borough of Lewisham

5 Heather Close

Hither Green, London

SE13 6UG

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Borough of Lewisham

5 Heather Close

Hither Green, London

SE13 6UG

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)