Assistant Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to welcome an Assistant Psychologist to our team. You should have a clear passion for working with adults with acquired neurological conditions.

The Psychology Service within the Community Neuro Rehab Team provides specialist psychological intervention to patients with acquired neurological conditions from across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. You will join a growing service and work in a supportive and cohesive multidisciplinary team, to support and enhance the delivery of high quality psychological healthcare.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, reflective and creative Assistant Psychologist who has experience of working with adults.

When applying for this role, please address the following question at the start of your supporting information section, in no more than 200 words: Please describe a challenge or difficult situation you have faced when working with a person in a health setting – how did you manage it and what did you learn about yourself?

Main duties of the job

This Assistant Psychologist role involves supporting and enhancing the clinical psychology input within the Community Neuro Rehab Team.

The post holder will have opportunity to contribute to: direct clinical work under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist. This will include psychological assessment and intervention, individual and group interventions with patients and their carers, analysis and reporting on outcome measurement data, patient engagement activities, production of clinical/teaching/training materials and audit and service evaluation projects.

Person Specification

Training and qualifications

Essential

  • Accredited honours degree in psychology
  • Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • Evidence of post-graduate professional development, for example, through supervised clinical practice and/or short, specialist training courses relevant to professional psychology practice, children’s psychological wellbeing, research design/analysis

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • A sound knowledge of neuro psychology
  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people coping with adverse life events and high levels of emotional upheaval.
  • An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a physical health context.
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with adults with neurological conditions.
  • Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties and/or disabilities.

Other

Essential

  • Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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: 30 August 2026

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