Are you a graduate psychologist looking for an interesting and varied role?
We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist and Personal Assistant to support the Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Associate Director for Psychological Professions - NHS Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies. You will need to be well organised with excellent administrative skills. The Associate Director is registered blind, so a guide dog friendly applicant is a must!
NHS Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies serves adults and older adults with Depression and Anxiety disorders across Buckinghamshire. Working in the service there are over 250 psychological therapists, psychological wellbeing practitioners, assistant psychologists, employment advisors and administrators, who help over 12,000 people each year.
As an Assistant Psychologist you will have a role in supporting and enhancing the professional psychological care of patients within the service. You will also provide a professional and confidential PA service to the Associate Director in their role. Applicants from the Buckinghamshire area would be particularly welcome to apply. The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.
Interviews to be held 29.06.26 (TBC) in person in Aylesbury.
To provide a high level, professional and confidential Personal Assistant service to the Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Associate Director for Psychological Professions.
Covering all aspects of administrative and organisational support including specific support to access information both electronic and paper based as well as performing delegated tasks as needed.
To assist with access to physical and virtual environments. This includes travelling with the Associate Director and their guide dog to meetings, conferences, clinical settings etc locally, regionally and nationally.
To support and enhance the professional psychological care of patients within the Bucks Talking Therapies service. You will provide under the supervision of qualified psychological therapist, low intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions and telephone assessments to clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression in the Bucks Talking Therapies service.
See attached job description for full responsibilities & duties.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
Excellent opportunities for career progression
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Staff accommodation
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
You will work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychological therapist and within the overall framework of the service policies and procedures including providing telephone assessment and delivering some group based low intensity interventions in different locations across Buckinghamshire.
The Assistant’s work is managed and supervised weekly.
To work at a number of venues across Bucks including Peach Tree House (Aylesbury) and Prospect House (High Wycombe).
To work individually with patients in person, digitally or via the telephone.
To liaise with GPs and members of Psychological Therapies Pathway services, professionals from other statutory and non-statutory agencies responsible for client care.
The CBT group work involves working with clients in community venues. The work sometimes involves working with clients in emotionally charged or hostile situations. Work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, use interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
