Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - Islington Crisis servces | North London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £33,094 - £36,195 Per annum including Inner London Allowance |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, N19 5NX |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7787481/455-NLFT-0618-A |
Summary
Join the North London NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist supporting High Intensity Users through the new Islington Crisis Plus service. We have two vacancies and are looking for people who are interested in working in a newly formed small team who use a systemically- focused approach.
This role spans inpatient and community settings, focusing on co-creating multi-agency crisis plans and delivering psychologically informed, time-limited interventions. for service users who present with a range of diagnoses, challenging behaviours and acute crises. Supervised by a Clinical Psychologist, you’ll assess service users’ histories and crisis patterns to develop Anticipatory Management Plans that guide recovery and improve crisis response across agencies. This information will be used to develop guidance for service users, their carers, mental health and external agencies on how best future crises can be more effectively managed and to support the service user’s recovery. You will work independently and collaboratively, attending MDTs and ward rounds, contributing to clinical discussions, and refining care plans. The role also involves helping shape Crisis Plus by developing proactive interventions.
Strong data skills are essential, including experience in service evaluation, audit, and research. You’ll manage large datasets and analyse outcomes using Excel and/or SPSS.
Job Summary
We are looking for someone who has skills in working with people experiencing a high level of distress and has a good understanding of risk management and safeguarding processes.
The role includes:
To provide psychological assessments for clients in the various services in the borough who present in crisis, including assessment of risk
To co-create crisis-focused management plans with service users and their personal and professional network
To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required
Liaise with professionals and individuals across a service user’s network
To assist in the development of individual and network-wide clinical materials or training materials, and in addition to develop such materials independently as falls within own degree of competence.
To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
To arrange, schedule and provide training to employees of the Trust or employees of partner agencies in order to support service improvement.
To conduct surveys with service users and carers to gather views on service provision
The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to and provide admin support as required to support the successful running of the Crisis Plus team.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Feb 2026