Senior Assistant Psychologist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 14 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 13 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Reading, RG1 5AN |
| Cwmni: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7418360/371-CHS1063 |
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• Senior Assistant Psychologist
• Salary: Band 5
• 1WTE - 37.5 hours
• Pain Clinic, The Royal Berkshire Hospital (main site)
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Senior Assistant Psychologist, with an interest in patient’s pain experiences, to join our Clinical Health Psychology Service.
This challenging and rewarding role will provide the opportunity to work alongside a highly specialist clinical psychologist and other members of the multidisciplinary team in delivering our specialist services at The Royal Berkshire Hospital (main site).
This exciting post is jointly commissioned by Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust and Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust.
The post-holder will contributetomulti-disciplinary service delivery,offering a psychological perspectiveon a patient’s pain experiences,under the supervision of a Registered Practitioner Psychologist within the Clinical Health Psychology Service at Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. They will work directly(in-person and virtually) with service users, as well as their carer and families, to provideevidence-based psychological interventions. This role co-ordinates and leads the delivery of group treatments asthe service requires.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
• An upper second class (2:1) honours degree or higher in psychology or equivalent, which confers eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Entitlement to graduate membership of British Psychological Society
• Can demonstrate additional interest and/or learning in relevant areas of applied psychology and mental health practice
• Evidence of an interest in pursuing a career in psychological therapies
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
To discuss this post in more detail and to learn about the Clinical Health Psychology Service at BHFT, please contact Dr James Murray (Principal Psychologist) James.Murray@berkshire.nhs.uk
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Thursday 21 Aug 2025
• Salary: Band 5
• 1WTE - 37.5 hours
• Pain Clinic, The Royal Berkshire Hospital (main site)
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Senior Assistant Psychologist, with an interest in patient’s pain experiences, to join our Clinical Health Psychology Service.
This challenging and rewarding role will provide the opportunity to work alongside a highly specialist clinical psychologist and other members of the multidisciplinary team in delivering our specialist services at The Royal Berkshire Hospital (main site).
This exciting post is jointly commissioned by Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust and Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust.
The post-holder will contributetomulti-disciplinary service delivery,offering a psychological perspectiveon a patient’s pain experiences,under the supervision of a Registered Practitioner Psychologist within the Clinical Health Psychology Service at Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. They will work directly(in-person and virtually) with service users, as well as their carer and families, to provideevidence-based psychological interventions. This role co-ordinates and leads the delivery of group treatments asthe service requires.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
• An upper second class (2:1) honours degree or higher in psychology or equivalent, which confers eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Entitlement to graduate membership of British Psychological Society
• Can demonstrate additional interest and/or learning in relevant areas of applied psychology and mental health practice
• Evidence of an interest in pursuing a career in psychological therapies
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
To discuss this post in more detail and to learn about the Clinical Health Psychology Service at BHFT, please contact Dr James Murray (Principal Psychologist) James.Murray@berkshire.nhs.uk
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Thursday 21 Aug 2025
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