Higher Assistant Psychologist
Position type: Full time, permanent, Band 5, salary £32,073 to £39,043 p.a. Contract: Permanent.
Location: Hopewood Park Hospital, Waterworks Road, Ryhope, Sunderland, SR2 0NB, United Kingdom.
Job Summary
We invite applications for a full time Band 5 Higher Assistant Psychologist for the male acute inpatient service (Shoredrift and Springrise ward) at Hopewood Park in Ryhope, Sunderland. The successful post-holder will be based at Hopewood Park where there is dedicated office space. The broad remit involves working as part of the Springrise multidisciplinary team using a biopsychosocial model supporting the formulation process and providing specialist psychologically informed assessments and interventions (group and individual). The post holder will receive weekly clinical supervision from a qualified member of the psychology team.
Main Duties
* Assist the qualified member of the psychology team in the delivery of psychological services in the male acute pathway.
* Produce professional assessment and intervention reports.
* Support the service in the delivery of training initiatives.
* Utilise research skills for audit, literature reviews, service development, and other research initiatives within the pathway or the wider service.
* Show initiative to work independently to an appropriate level.
* Provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect, and dignity.
Person Specification
Essential
* Upper 2nd class honours degree, or higher, in psychology.
* Eligibility for graduate membership of British Psychological Society.
* Paid or unpaid work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities.
* Experience as an assistant/research psychologist.
* Knowledge of evidence based practice.
* High level of communication skills (written and oral), including ability to communicate and work in highly emotive circumstances.
* Ability to communicate sensitive information to clients, carers and colleagues.
* An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems and other disabilities.
* Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health / cognitive impairment / disability context.
* Computer literate, including use of databases & data analysis, e.g. SPSS for Windows.
* Demonstrates graduate level knowledge and experience of research and research methodology.
* Understanding of psychology applied to healthcare.
Desirable
* Further post graduate training in relevant areas of psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
* Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
* Experience with client group relevant to post.
* Experience of psychometric test administration and interpretation.
* Experience of providing individual or group interventions.
* A high standard of report writing.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Contact Details
Consultant Clinical Psychologist: Dr Judith Welsh
judith.welsh1@cntw.nhs.uk
01915667000
Application Period
Advertising date: 4 June 2026
Closing date: 18 June 2026
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