Assistant Psychologist
| Posting date: | 16 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 September 2025 |
| Location: | Dawlish, EX7 0NR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9369-25-0330 |
Summary
Communication & Working Relationships Clients, family and carers To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with clients who may have specific difficulties in understanding and/or communicating and who may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotionally disturbed. Multidisciplinary team colleagues To work closely with colleagues in the multiprofessional integrated mental health and wellbeing service on a day to day basis. Health & social care staff To communicate with a wide range of health & social care staff in hospital and in community settings in a skilled and sensitive manner, complex and sensitive information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under the services care. To provide support & guidance in the application of psychological principles and techniques and to foster reflective practice. Senior managers & professional staff To maintain and build good working relationships with senior professional staff and managers at Langdon Hospital and in Devon Partnership Trust. To foster a positive approach to the integrated mental health and wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation. Planning & Organisation The psychology and psychological therapies service To plan and prioritise own workload, balancing the demands of patient care, support and guidance of carers and professionals, service research and development activities. To maintain and review caseload record as part of supervisions. The multidisciplinary service To provide psychology knowledge to the multi-professional planning, development and marketing of mental health and wellbeing services Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment & Therapy Assessment & intervention To make assessments, provide formulations and reports, and deliver treatment plans within a supervised context for individuals, carers, families and groups. To demonstrate awareness of diversity issues. Consultation & guidance To provide advice, guidance and consultation on psychological aspects of patient care to colleagues, other service providers, patients, supporters and families. Policy, Service, Research & Development Responsibility The post holder is responsible for their own professional actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines, working within clearly defined occupational procedures. Policy & service To follow policy guidance in own role and to comment on proposed policy changes and service developments. Research and Development To undertake service-relevant research and development activity agreed within the psychology service. To organise personal or service led research and development activities, as required. Responsibility for Finance, Equipment & Other Resources Careful use of equipment, including psychometric tests within the psychology department and wider Directorate. Responsibility for Supervision, Leadership & Management Leadership & supervision To assist the work of less experienced assistants and/or trainees as required. To provide supervision to health and social care colleagues. Information Resources & Administrative Duties To maintain accurate records. To be responsible for using an email account to generate, monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the Trust conducts much of its internal communication. Any Other Specific Tasks Required To ensure all clinical care and treatment provided by psychologists is carried out under appropriate supervision and leadership. To ensure that all psychologists continuously update the skills and techniques relevant to their clinical work.