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University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • 37,259 - 45,356 £ / Year

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist to support the delivery of our evolving Urology Psychology service. Our service supports patients with benign urological conditions accessing healthcare at UCLH at Westmoreland Street Hospital. As a key member of the psychology team, you will contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of the service.

There will be opportunities for direct and indirect clinical work and supporting the work of two qualified Clinical Psychologists. We are a relatively newly established service, with many opportunities for learning and developing an understanding of this unique area of clinical health psychology. The post-holder will be supervised by one of the psychologists in the team.

Main duties of the job

The role includes supporting the triage of new psychology referrals and the service referral meeting. We anticipate opportunities to work on developing clinical materials for the service with the support of senior colleagues. The post-holder will contribute to the collection of outcomes to help inform service evaluation. The role involves working under the supervision of a qualified psychologist, to provide support in the establishment and management of specialist interventions and programmes in this area.

Please can you make it clear in your application that you have eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the BPS.

Please note – the working pattern for this role is – Mondays, Wednesdays, and alternate Thursdays.

If shortlisted for this role, interviews will be Friday 7th November.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

  • An upper second class or higher honours degree in Psychology, or a Masters level qualification if degree is lower than upper second class.
  • Entitlement to graduate membership of British Psychological Society
  • Good working knowledge of statistical packages (SPSS)
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and its applications (Word and Powerpoint)
  • Good working knowledge of Excel and database tools
  • An understanding of the psychological impact for people living with health conditions.

Desirable

  • Further post graduate experience in relevant areas of psychology, clinical health psychology and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience using word processing packages for report production
  • Experience of using databases and data-analysis eg. SPSS for Windows
  • Experience of and confidence in completing and presenting professional, audit and research reports

Desirable

  • Experience of working in psychology services
  • Experience of working with people with health conditions
  • Experience of co-ordinating and evaluating group programmes

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Confident in delivering sensitive information with tact and diplomacy
  • The ability to set up, complete data entry and maintain databases (Excel, Access)
  • An understanding of clinical health psychology and its application to adult health.
  • Ability to plan, suggest and undertake research, audit and service evaluation activities.
  • Ability to form good working relationships and interact effectively with staff from all disciplines in a multidisciplinary setting.

Personal and People Development

Essential

  • Proven ability to prioritise own workload and work to deadlines
  • An ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively

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: 02 November 2025

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