Assistant Psychologist | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 25 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata including fringe |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 April 2026 |
| Location: | St Albans, AL4 9XR |
| Company: | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7881137/812-26-SG-AP-CYP |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist with a keen interest in SEND, Mental Health, and schools to work within the SEND MHST (Mental Health Support Team).
We are seeking to appoint a motivated and forward-thinking clinician who can work flexibly and is committed to the success and delivery of the SEND MHST. The post will be full-time, for initially 9 months with potential of extension.
This role requires you to drive across Hertfordshire and West Essex to visit children and schools. You must hold a full valid driving license, and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
If you do not meet both criteria, it is unlikely that you will be shortlisted for this role.
We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now!
The ideal candidate will be:
• Able to support and enhance the care of children and young people (CYP) within the service.
• Able to provide psychological assessment and interventions within the MHST under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
• Able to develop effective and mutually respectful relationships with health, education, social care and voluntary sector.
• Able to assist in clinically related administration, conduct audits and research projects, collect and analyse service data, develop databases, and to participate in teaching and project work.
• Able to actively contribute to the development of the service.
• Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism when working in settings where there is a highly emotive atmosphere.
• Flexible in their approach and have resilience under pressure
• Able to work both in a team environment and autonomously
We can offer you:
• Regular appraisal, personal development planning and opportunities for continuing professional development.
• Opportunities to work closely with a multi-disciplinary team and learn from other evidence based frameworks and approaches.
• Involvement in service development including undertaking clinical audits, project work and service forums.
• 27 days annual leave, 29 if you have worked for the NHS for 5 years and 33 if you have worked for the NHS for 10 years, in addition to 8 days bank holidays.
• Entitlement to the NHS pension scheme.
• To provide assessment and intervention within MHST under the supervision of a qualified clinician. This could include undertaking psychological assessments either independently or jointly with members of the service and/or professionals from other services, such as the application of psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observation and semi-structured interviews with CYPs, family members, carers and professionals involved in the CYP’s care.
• To work independently with families and young people according to clinical needs and/or plan agreed with the other professionals involved in the CYP’s care and within the overall framework of MHST’ policies and procedures.
• To assist in the formulation and implementation of plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a CYP’s presenting difficulties; based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the CYP’s difficulties and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings, with the support and guidance from a qualified clinician.
• To consider issues of parental responsibility when undertaking assessment/consultation/intervention with children and young people.
• To produce reports and summaries under supervision and to maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing.
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Apr 2026
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