A vacancy has arisen in this clinical health psychology service, with the current post holder having successfully moved onto clinical psychology training courses. The post is based in the Outlook service which provides highly specialist psychological support for people with appearance-related distress, also with a work profile that involves direct therapeutic work with clients and audit/evaluation responsibilities regarding the service.
The successful applicant will have a good honours degree in psychology (upper second or higher) who is building relevant experience for an NHS career. It is an advantage (but not essential) to have experience as a psychology assistant or comparable work experience. If you decide to apply please list at the start of your personal statement, in order of importance, what you consider to be the main things that make you a good candidate for this work. Please also make clear the best way of contacting you. If we receive a large number of applicants this will close early.
Main duties of the job
Supporting the clinical work of the qualified psychologists working in the Outlook team. This involves organising evaluation forms and data processing, some direct client work, leading on the maintenance of the website and other media for informing and preparing Outlook clients for their first contact and afterwards. Also working on support materials used by the clinical team.
The post holder will have strong competence in administration of psychometrics, managing a database, statistical methods of evaluating data and presentation of audit material.
Person Specification
training, experience and personal qualities
Essential
- First honours degree in psychology, recognised for registration by the British Psychological Society
- Good interpersonal communication skills, both spoken and written
- Strong grounding in measurement methods, data processing using IT software, and the presentation of results
- Good personal organisation
- Strong grounding in measurement methods, data processing using IT software, and the presentation of results
- Able to work well under time pressures and manage competing demands
- Relevant work experience (see desirable criteria for examples)
Desirable
- NHS experience of working with adults in a supervised psychology role
- NHS Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Supervised experience of group work
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 16 December 2025
