Assistant Psychologist
| Posting date: | 05 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £30,162.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £30162.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 September 2025 |
| Location: | Aylesbury, HP20 1EG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9267-25-1097 |
Summary
The Bucks Autism team and ADHD team are experienced, enthusiastic and supportive. The work is multidisciplinary and psychological ways of working are encouraged and appreciated. The role of the Assistant Psychologist is to be a key team member in the diagnostic clinics, in recruiting for and co-facilitating the psychoeducation groups, and supporting and collecting outcome data and patient experience data. The post is based at the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury, with the possibility of some work being at Saffron House in High Wycombe. Office hours are 9:00am-5:00pm, but we are open to considering flexible working requests that help staff and the service operate most effectively. You'll be asked to complete a written task as part of the interview process, this will be focused around your ability to problem solve and your keen attention to detail. This will be sent to you the morning of the 17th September 2025 and should be returned to us by midday that day. Duties include supporting clinicians to assess and diagnose autism (in adults without a learning disability), primarily by obtaining a developmental history with a parent or other family member through administering the ADI-r (standardised diagnostic tool). All work is carried out under the supervision of a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist. The candidate will be required to attend clinical meetings to provide feedback and produce written reports following assessments. The teams consist of qualified and experienced staff in the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, mental health pharmacy, and mental health nursing. We undertake regular supervision, CPD and discussion, and have good links to the Oxford Clinical Psychology training course. We encourage applicants to contact us to arrange a informal chat or visit. Please see below for contact details. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.