Senior Assistant Psychologist Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust • Chandlers Ford, United Kingdom
Job summary
Senior Assistant Psychologist for TRaC (Trust, Relate and Connect Pilot/Trauma Risk and Crisis)
Note: Early application is encouraged as the vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will need experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist or equivalent within a health or education setting. The role will include travel away from the base and work within the community. There will be opportunity for developing clinical skills in formulation and in translating theory into practise. The postholder will be appropriately supported and will not be expected to manage risk or implement care plans independently. Full details can be found in the Job Description attached.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Details
- Date posted: 21 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 348-CFS-12295
- Job locations: New Kings Court, Tollgate, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, SO53 3LG, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone – if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust’s Recruitment team – detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working – all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Honours degree at 2:2 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS.
- Need to be a current Band 4 Associate Psychologist and have worked in a NHS setting.
- Further post graduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health, and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis
- Experience of working with people with complex needs
- Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or Mental Health setting and or work with people with complex needs
- Relevant clinical and research skills
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Basic knowledge of databases, research sills and methodology
- Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact
- Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a health context
- An understanding of psychology applied to healthcare
- Experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist
- Experience of the use of psychometric tests
- Experience of in-patient settings
- Experience of teaching other health professionals
- Lived experience of mental health issues
- Previous experience of working within the NHS
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
- Employer name: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Address: New Kings Court, Tollgate, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, SO53 3LG, United Kingdom
- Employer’s website: https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
Hiring ManagerNicky Henrynicky.henry1@nhs.net
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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