Job overview

Band 4 - Assistant Psychologist - Full Time - Permanent - Multiple Vacancies.

We are excited to be able to offer two opportunities for enthusiastic and committed Assistant Psychologists to work within our acute inpatient mental health hospitals. 

We currently have one vacancy to work across our three adult acute wards, including a PICU, at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford.

We have a further vacancy to work across our four adult wards at Silverwood, St Peters Hospital Campus, Chertsey. 

The role offers the privilege of working with people at their time of greatest mental health need.

Our Assistant Psychologists enjoy the benefit of a high clinical weighting to the role; with a large emphasis on delivering our bespoke Psychological group programme and individual Psychological interventions.

Main duties of the job

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of people who use our services by providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist working within the service, and by working independently according to a plan agreed with the team leader and the supervising psychologist.

To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of outcome statistics, and/or other project work as appropriate and agreed with the team leader and supervising psychologist.

We will help you develop in your role, through a tailored career pathway which will enable you to progress within the Trust. There are many career development programmes such as the nursing associate apprenticeship training available to our colleagues

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference by supporting people with mental health needs, then we really want to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note: This post will close as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!