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About
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Assistant Psychologist
Accepting applications until: 10-Sep-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 10-Sep-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- The Whiteleaf Centre
- Address
- Bierton Road
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Postcode
- HP20 1EG
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months (part-time)
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- Bucks Adult Autism and Bucks Adult ADHD Services
- Interview date
- 18/09/2025
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
The Buckinghamshire Adult Autism Diagnostic & Intervention Service and Bucks Adult ADHD Service are seeking an enthusiastic psychology graduate for a part-time (2.5 days/18.75 hours), 18-month fixed-term contract Assistant Psychologist based at the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury. You will work across both adult services.
Ideally, you will have experience of working with individuals with Autism and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
You will have the opportunity to contribute to diagnostic assessments using NICE-compliant structured assessment tools and procedures. Training and supervision will be provided, in line with the role. We are looking for applicants who have a genuine desire to positively contribute to the clinical care of people pursuing an autism diagnostic assessment or ADHD diagnosis.
You will also be involved in assisting clinicians to run post-diagnostic groups for patients who receive a diagnosis of autism within our service and therapy groups for people diagnosed with ADHD within our service.
Interview date: 18th September 2025 at the Whiteleaf Centre.
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To participate in adult diagnostic assessments for patients referred to the Bucks Adult Autism Diagnostic and Intervention Service and Bucks Adult ADHD service by:
- Conduct and score screening assessments, including standardised tools like the ADI-r, under supervision, and produce structured reports for each assessment.
- Support clinicians with patient recruitment and assist in co-facilitating psychoeducation and therapy groups for individuals diagnosed with autism or ADHD.
- Gather and manage outcome and patient experience data, contributing to service evaluation and improvement.
- Participate in clinics and clinical meetings, presenting assessment findings and contributing to multidisciplinary discussions.
- Assist with administrative, data entry, and audit tasks, including reviewing referrals, updating electronic records (Rio), and supporting teaching and project work
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Bucks Autism team and ADHD team are experienced, enthusiastic and supportive. The work is multidisciplinary and psychological ways of working are encouraged and appreciated. The role of the Assistant Psychologist is to be a key team member in the diagnostic clinics, in recruiting for and co-facilitating the psychoeducation groups, and supporting and collecting outcome data and patient experience data.
The post is based at the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury, with the possibility of some work being at Saffron House in High Wycombe. Office hours are 9:00am-5:00pm, but we are open to considering flexible working requests that help staff and the service operate most effectively.
You'll be asked to complete a written task as part of the interview process, this will be focused around your ability to problem solve and your keen attention to detail. This will be sent to you the morning of the 17th September 2025 and should be returned to us by midday that day.
Duties include supporting clinicians to assess and diagnose autism (in adults without a learning disability), primarily by obtaining a developmental history with a parent or other family member through administering the ADI-r (standardised diagnostic tool). All work is carried out under the supervision of a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist. The candidate will be required to attend clinical meetings to provide feedback and produce written reports following assessments.
The teams consist of qualified and experienced staff in the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, mental health pharmacy, and mental health nursing. We undertake regular supervision, CPD and discussion, and have good links to the Oxford Clinical Psychology training course.
We encourage applicants to contact us to arrange a informal chat or visit. Please see below for contact details.
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.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Question 1
Essential criteria
- Can you please provide examples of your experience of using standardised psychological or autism assessment tools?
Question 2
Essential criteria
- What is your experience of working with neurodivergent individuals?
Question 3
Essential criteria
- Tell us about your knowledge and/or experience of assisting clinicians to run psychological therapy groups; what things do you have to consider?
Documents
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Young
- Job title
- Counselling Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865901532
- Additional information
Alternative contact number: 01865901620
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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