Assistant Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,392 - £31,157 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 July 2026 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK41 6AT |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7976063/363-BED7976063 |
Summary
We are looking to recruit an assistant psychologist into our adult autism diagnositic service. This is an exciting post where you will work within a multi disciplinary team with clinical psychologists, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, nurses and support workers focused on completing adult autism diagnoses for the population of Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. We have a strong neuro-affirmative lens to all the work that we complete. The post holder would need to be able to drive as we cover a large geographical area and there is an expectation to work across a number of different sites. This is a development post with a view to encourage applicants in the journey towards becoming qualified clinicla psychologists or clinical associates in psychology.
Supporting qualified clinicians by undertaking delegated administrative and preparatory tasks, maintaining and managing clinical databases, supporting audit and service evaluation activity, and assisting with elements of the diagnostic and post‑diagnostic pathway under supervision.
We are a vibrant multi disciplinary team with members of the team with lived experience of neurodiversity. We have a strong ethos of neuroaffirmative views about autism. We are highly supportive and staff wellbeing is very important to us.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Under the supervision of qualified clinical psychologists, to contribute to the provision of psychology services to clients who present with suspected autism. The post holder will also hold service audit, research and clinical responsibilities and will contribute to service evaluation under the supervision of qualified psychologists. The post holder will assist with the provision of psychological assessment and interventions.
The post holder will be skilled in the use of Microsoft Office, specifically excel databases.
Key Responsibilities
• To support with providing a range of diagnostic assessments and post diagnostic interventions for autistic people.
• To assist in the set up and running of pre-assessment and post diagnostic support including resource packs, 1-1 sessions and group sessions where indicated.
• Interventions will include working across a variety of settings and will involve working with the multi-disciplinary team.
• To work across the BLMK locality with service users and wider services
• To assist with research and evaluation of the local service and in supporting relevant training to increase the knowledge and skills of the appropriate stakeholders.
• To manage a defined caseload, evidencing problem solving and clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence-based and client-centred principles.
• To work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and wider stakeholders to deliver on the Transforming Care Agenda and local delivery plan which may include providing training and support to colleagues across mental health services.
• To contribute to Quality Improvement and Service Development with meaningful coproduction.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Jun 2026