Assistant Psychologist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Psychologist to work in the Autism and Learning Disabilities Team. The role requires a dynamic, engaging and flexible psychology graduate with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The team based at the Tavistock Centre and is an up to 25 years of age specialist mental health service for autistic and/or learning disabled young people and their families.

The post provides an excellent opportunity to gain clinical skills in assessment and intervention, as well as service delivery, clinical audit and evaluation. There will also be opportunities for clinical work alongside members of the multidisciplinary team.

The position will suit an individual who is self-motivated, with excellent literacy and data analysis skills. You will need to be highly motivated and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.

Applicants will be expected to hold a BPS approved degree in Psychology (upper second or first class) and have experience of working in a mental health setting. Experience of working with autistic children and young people and formal training in relevant diagnostic tools (e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R) are highly desirable for this role.

The role involves supporting Clinical Psychologists and other multidisciplinary team members in their work. For this role, there is a particular emphasis on diagnostic assessment for young people where there are concerns about social communication and interaction as well as their mental health. In addition to contributing to multidisciplinary autism assessments, the post-holder will be supporting with waiting list oversight, coordination of referrals and evaluation of clinical support.

There will be opportunities for service-related research and audit, as well as the chance to take part in user involvement and quality improvement projects.

The post holder will be involved in coordinating referrals, organising assessment clinics, as well as in assisting the team in their outcome monitoring process including managing databases and compiling reports.

The post holder will also be part of the assessing team delivering and observing behavioral observations such as ADOS.

We believe that by working together, our Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.

Our Five-Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

· Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave allowance and NHS pension scheme

We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

Please see attached job description and person specification for more details about the roles and requirements of the vacancy.

This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026