Assistant Psychologist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £32,199 - £34,876 per annum incl. HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 October 2025 |
| Location: | Uxbridge, UB8 1UW |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7484578/333-G-HM-0718-A |
Summary
Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities? Join our friendly and forward-thinking Community Learning Disability Team as an Assistant Psychologist, and become part of a service that puts inclusion, dignity, and holistic care at the heart of everything we do.
As an Assistant Psychologist, you’ll work under the supervision of qualified clinical psychologists to support assessment, intervention, and care planning for adults with learning disabilities. You'll be a key player in multidisciplinary work, contributing to person-centred support and promoting psychological wellbeing in a community setting.
Support psychological assessments and interventions
Contribute to the development of care plans and behaviour support strategies
Assist in delivering group and one-to-one therapeutic work Carry out audits, research projects, and service evaluations
Liaise with families, carers, and professionals across health and social care
We are delighted that you are interested in working with us here CNWL. Our Trust is an exciting place to work with a wealth of CPD opportunities available for all our staff. We work in collaboration with our AHP and Social Work colleagues and value the lived experiences of both our staff and service users. Open Dialogue is a key focus for the Mental Health part of the Trust, engaging with families and support networks as well as the individual.
Here at CNWL we encourage our psychological professions staff to pursue leadership opportunities in senior roles. Various prominent leadership roles within the Trust are currently held by Psychologists including: Director of Strategy and Integration, Chief Information Officer, 3 Clinical Directors. We try to facilitate the development of our psychological professions staff across all areas.
What we can offer you:
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get -
A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
An opportunity to work in a highly innovative organisation
Flexible working
To support and enhance the professional psychological care provided to the clients in the Hillingdon Community LD Team. Providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025
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