NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Psychologist
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Job Overview
This role supports the delivery of high-quality patient care by providing clinical and administrative, clinical support within the Brookside Psychology team and wider service. The post-holder will work closely with their psychology colleagues to ensure a high standard of psychological input to young people and parents. The postholder will work closely with the wider MDT and young people's wider networks in delivering/supporting care.
Main Duties of the Job
- The post-holder's clinical work will primarily be within the inpatient ward, with some input into the YPHTT where relevant.
- The post-holder's main clinical responsibility is in the delivery of the therapeutic timetable (including Psychology groups and community meeting, and supporting OT groups and trips as required).
- The post-holder offers significant administrative support to the lead psychologist in the organisation of the Brookside Psychology Service and in organising the MDT assessment clinic.
- Participate in team meetings and contribute to service improvement initiatives.
- The post-holder will be supported to develop their skills and knowledge as relevant to applying for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology wherever possible through opportunities in assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation where appropriate cases are identified, with a view. This could include, for example, individual and family interventions and specialist assessments.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Brookside
Brookside is a specialist Tier 4 CAMHS adolescent service with award winning services. The Tier 4 services include an acute in-patient service and a pioneering Young-People’s Home Treatment Team. Also on site is INTERACT, a psychiatric liaison and crisis outreach service for adolescents.
The young people admitted to the Tier 4 services usually have complex mental health difficulties and present with high risk behaviours (e.g. self-harming/suicidal behaviour) and /or acute episodes of depression, psychosis or other indicators of a complex mental health need.
There is a high level of multi-disciplinary working, and overall there is an intensive therapeutic approach including MDT assessment and formulation and individual, family and group interventions.
The post holder will join an established psychology team including a lead psychologist (Care pathway lead for psychology Tier 4 CAMHS), a team of applied psychologists, assistants and trainees. The post-holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team comprised of nurses, health care assistants, consultant psychiatrists, specialty doctors, occupational therapists, and a social worker. Aim of the role: The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s Values in their day to day work.
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The post holder will be responsible for managing their own workload, prioritising tasks effectively, and ensuring deadlines are met. They will be expected to work independently as well as part of a team, demonstrating flexibility and a commitment to high standards. The role may involve some travel in the local area and requires excellent communication and organisational skills. The standard working hours are 9-5 Monday-Friday but applicants should be aware that there could be service developments requiring a change to this working pattern (e.g. evenings/weekends); for example, the parents group often runs outside of these hours. The contract length is for 12 months.
The Post Holder Will Achieve This By
Please refer to the job description document attached for a comprehensive list of responsibilities.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, Goodmayes)
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Working for Us
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.
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Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They Are
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Use of AI
We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.
Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.
We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. However, please note that applicants will not be considered without graduate basis for registration with the BPS and the essential 6 months experience as detailed in the person specification. Due to the high volume of suitable candidates we anticipate will apply, it is likely that candidates who will be shortlisted will have more/wider experience than the minimum stipulated. Please apply as soon as possible because this post has closed early in previous years to limit the number of applications.
Application questions:
We want to know what makes you a good fit for our service. To aid us in shortlisting candidates thoughtfully, please ensure you answer the following questions in your supporting statement (NB - we may choose not to shortlist an applicant who does not clearly answer these questions):
- Please describe a time where you demonstrated our trust value of "We work together with our communities", outlining your contribution to and learning from the situation. How would you envisage applying this value as an Assistant Psychologist at Brookside?
Name: Dr Amy Colla
Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist/Interim Lead for Psychology
Contact Number: 0300 555 1156 - Option 1 for Reception
Email: Amy.colla1@nhs.net
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