Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - Acute Inpatients
| Posting date: | 07 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 December 2025 |
| Location: | Edgbaston, B15 2SY |
| Company: | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7497749/436-7497749 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
We are recruiting a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary team within acute inpatient mental health services. This role offers an opportunity to provide psychologically-informed support that is rooted in curiosity, care, and a commitment to making psychological input accessible to people experiencing acute episodes of mental illness during some of the most intense and vulnerable periods in their lives.
As an Assistant Psychologist, you will work under the supervision of qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologists, and in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team, to bring psychological understanding into everyday ward life. This will include supporting assessment and formulation, contributing to evidence-based interventions, and helping patients and staff make sense of distress in a dynamic and often fast-paced environment.
• Support psychological assessment and contribute to formulation discussions, helping develop clear and meaningful care plans.
• Assist in planning and delivering structured therapeutic groups and supervised 1:1 interventions focused on emotional regulation, recovery, and wellbeing.
• Collect, score, and reflect on outcome measures, service-user feedback, and clinical data to inform care and monitor impact.
• Participate in multidisciplinary reviews and contribute to safe, psychologically-informed risk thinking and care planning.
• Support service evaluation, audit, and research, including projects focused on equity of access and patient experience.
• Work collaboratively with nursing, medical, OT, social care, peer support, and psychology colleagues to support a compassionate, recovery-focused ward environment.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Nov 2025
We are recruiting a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary team within acute inpatient mental health services. This role offers an opportunity to provide psychologically-informed support that is rooted in curiosity, care, and a commitment to making psychological input accessible to people experiencing acute episodes of mental illness during some of the most intense and vulnerable periods in their lives.
As an Assistant Psychologist, you will work under the supervision of qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologists, and in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team, to bring psychological understanding into everyday ward life. This will include supporting assessment and formulation, contributing to evidence-based interventions, and helping patients and staff make sense of distress in a dynamic and often fast-paced environment.
• Support psychological assessment and contribute to formulation discussions, helping develop clear and meaningful care plans.
• Assist in planning and delivering structured therapeutic groups and supervised 1:1 interventions focused on emotional regulation, recovery, and wellbeing.
• Collect, score, and reflect on outcome measures, service-user feedback, and clinical data to inform care and monitor impact.
• Participate in multidisciplinary reviews and contribute to safe, psychologically-informed risk thinking and care planning.
• Support service evaluation, audit, and research, including projects focused on equity of access and patient experience.
• Work collaboratively with nursing, medical, OT, social care, peer support, and psychology colleagues to support a compassionate, recovery-focused ward environment.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Nov 2025