Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (12 Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 455-NLFT-0222
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Dennis Scott Unit - Edgware Community Hospital
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £31,081 - £33,665 Per annum including Outer London Allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - Barnet Urgent Care
Band 4
Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to join a warm, welcoming and inclusive team within Barnet Urgent Care? The Barnet Urgent care team are dedicated to providing trauma informed and evidence-based support to adults who are struggling with moderate to severe emotional difficulties.
We are looking for two Band 4 Assistant Psychologists to join our team!
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a psychology graduate (with a 2:1 or higher degree and graduate basis for registration with British Psychological Society) who already has some experience of an NHS Assistant Psychologist role.
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 post will include delivering some 1:1 psychological interventions including anxiety management, behavioural activation and coping strategies, safety planning, and psychoeducation. Group work is also a requirement within this role.
Candidates for the role would ideally have some prior experience of similar CBT-informed interventions.
The role will require flexibility and a capacity to work responsively in a variety of situations, working closely with colleagues and other agencies involved in our service users' care.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of research design and analysis.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems and /or other disabilities
- Experience of paid work in direct care as an Assistant Psychologist
- Experience of delivering groups
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with people in crisis settings
- Experience of working in a service user facing role in a mental health setting
- Have an understanding of equal opportunities , diversity and anti-discriminatory practice
Skills & Abilties
Essential criteria
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
- Ability to form effective working relationships with people from diverse communities and ethnic groups.
Desirable criteria
- High standard of report writing.
- Experience of using software for data bases or data-analysis , especially SPSS for Windows
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients , carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to accept and use supervision (both clinically and managerial) appropriately and effectively
- Ability to recognise limits of own expertise and to seek advice/support when necessary.
- Ability to interact collaboratively and effectively within an MDT team setting
Desirable criteria
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries and form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers
- Ability to manage stress and work under pressure
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Durant
- Job title
- Barnet Senior Urgent Care Psychology Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 702 4031
- Additional information
Interview date: Monday 21st July
The interviews will be conducted online via MS Teams
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