Assistant Psychologist | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	27 Chwefror 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£27,485 - £30,162 per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAs
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	29 Mawrth 2026
Lleoliad:	Tolworth, Surbiton, KT6 7QU
Cwmni:	South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7838608/294-AAUC-7838608-AZ

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We have an assistant psychologist post available within the Adult Inpatient Psychology service. We are seeking enthusiastic aspiring psychology practitioners of the future who will work under supervision of a clinical psychologist with service users, psychology colleagues and multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver high quality psychological care.

This is an exciting time to join our service as major transformation projects taking place across the trust, including projects to improve the therapeutic milieu of the inpatient wards as well as the building of modern, purpose build hospital buildings.

The successful applicant will aid in the provision for psychology input to two adult acute inpatient wards. This will include working directly with services users to provide individual assessments and interventions, as well as running groups.

You will receive regular supervision from qualified psychologists and get the opportunity to be involved in teaching and service development projects.

The candidate will work closely with the ward multi-disciplinary team by joining in regular team meetings. You will be responsible for facilitating regular psycho-education groups on the ward, drawing on skills from CBT and DBT frameworks. This will involve liaising with Occupational Therapy and activity coordinator collages to add to the timetable of therapeutic activities.

You will also conduct individual assessment and feedback to ward staff to develop a

strong bio-psycho-social understanding of a person’s difficulties. There will be some opportunity for brief therapeutic work under supervision. You will be required to write summaries of your work in service users’ electronic notes, as well as communicating with team members in meetings.

The successful candidates will have exceptional interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate that they can form good empathic relationships with clients who are acutely unwell, often experiencing significant distress, as well as the ability to form good working relationships with staff with different professional backgrounds.

Due to the high demand for these types of roles, we will have to place a cap on the number of applicants. Typically this cap is reached within 48 hours of posting the advert, so it is highly likely that the advert will be taken down before the deadline.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

About our location:

This post will be based at Tolworth

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

·To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.

· To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems.

· To work with other staff to assess service users, develop individualised intervention / treatment plans and review their care.

·To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.

·To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.

Teaching, Training and Supervision

·To receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.

·To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS

·To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties

·To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.

Management, Recruitment and Service Development

· To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.

·To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.


This advert closes on Friday 6 Mar 2026