South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Psychologist

The closing date is 11 December 2025

Job summary

The Medical Psychology service provides psychological assessment, support and treatment to medical patients. We work across two acute hospitals and community-bases. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Assistant Psychologist to join the team on a fixed term basis.

The role involves working with clinicians to support the delivery of psychological assessment and intervention for people with physical health problems. This may include: data collection and analysis; creating educational resources to support patients with managing their conditions; assisting with the delivery of group and individual interventions.

The post holder will have excellent communication skills and will have demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team. Above all you must be passionate about working with patients with physical health problems, using drive and innovation to make positive changes for this patient group.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the post are:

To assist in project work including event planning, project related administration, presentations, and the collection and interpretation of data.

Tasks will be agreed and reviewed at appropriate intervals under the supervision of a qualified psychologist, but the post holder will take these tasks forward independently on a day-to-day basis.

To a more limited extent, when appropriate, to support and enhance the professional psychological care of patients, providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the direct supervision of a qualified psychologist.

To assist qualified psychologists in the design and implementation of service development projects as required.

Regular supervision meetings qualified psychologists to review objectives and progress.

Attending relevant meetings within and outside of the Medical Psychology Service.

This vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

Your Leadership Impact

Leading Your Team to Success

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust values and behaviours

Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team

Date posted

27 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-NS-7543122

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

High level communication skills (written and oral) including an ability to communicate highly complex/sensitive information and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive, and where there may be barriers to acceptance.
An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
An ability to interact with people with neurological problems and/or other disabilities, and their carers.
An ability to work independently and on own initiative, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with medical conditions, psychological issues, neurological problems or other disabilities.
An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a health care context
Ability to contribute to formal research programmes

Desirable

An interest in working with people with neurological problems and/or other disabilities.
High Standard of report writing

Qualifications

Essential

An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology (as recognised by the British Psychological Society)
Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, medical psychology/neuropsychology and/or research design and analysis

Experience

Essential

Work with people with health problems, psychological difficulties and/or other disabilities
Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, including Excel and SPSS for Windows.

Desirable

Experience of paid or unpaid work in an acute trust setting.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

High level communication skills (written and oral) including an ability to communicate highly complex/sensitive information and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive, and where there may be barriers to acceptance.
An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
An ability to interact with people with neurological problems and/or other disabilities, and their carers.
An ability to work independently and on own initiative, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with medical conditions, psychological issues, neurological problems or other disabilities.
An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a health care context
Ability to contribute to formal research programmes

Desirable

An interest in working with people with neurological problems and/or other disabilities.
High Standard of report writing

Qualifications

Essential

An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology (as recognised by the British Psychological Society)
Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, medical psychology/neuropsychology and/or research design and analysis

Experience

Essential

Work with people with health problems, psychological difficulties and/or other disabilities
Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, including Excel and SPSS for Windows.

Desirable

Experience of paid or unpaid work in an acute trust setting.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)