Assistant Psychologist
| Posting date: | 24 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27,825 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 July 2025 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, S43 3DN |
| Company: | Cygnet |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 41191 |
Summary
We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist to join our team at Cygnet Acer Clinic (Acer Upper)
This role will be working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development.
You’ll also enjoy shopping, travel and leisure discounts – as well as a range of healthcare and financial benefits – to support you to be happy both in and out of work.
Cygnet Acer Clinic (Acer Upper)
Acer Upper at Cygnet Acer Clinic is a 14-bed acute mental health service for women. The service provides a safe and stabilising environment for individuals who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require an emergency admission.
The ethos of this service is about assessing and treating service users in the least restrictive environment and planning for discharge in a robust and timely fashion. With a focus on stabilisation, we support service users to manage their mental health, reinforce daily living skills and prepare for independent life back in the community.
Your Day-to-Day…
We are seeking an academically strong candidate to support and enhance the psychological care of patients at the service by assisting the Qualified Psychologist with;
- Contributing to assessments, scoring and reporting (verbal / written)
- Clinical formulation and implementing care plans for psychological treatment
- Planning, delivering and evaluating individual / group programmes
- Administration, audit, research and service development
We’re looking for someone who is…
- Degree qualified in Psychology (2:1 or above) or equivalent
- BPS (British Psychological Society) Accredited
- Preferably experienced in health care and/or in an Assistant Psychologist role
- Passionate about learning and working as part of an interdisciplinary team
- Qualified to Master’s degree level or higher in Psychology (preferable)
Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…
- Salary: £27,825pa
- Company pension scheme
- A comprehensive employee assistance programme and discount centre e.g. NHS card
- Most of our sites provide free meals on shift
- Internal and external CPD opportunities
- Opportunities to become involved in research
- Clinical supervision and peer support
Requirements
Contracted hours: 40 per week
Please note that successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible
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