Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- 8b
- Contract
- Permanent: 0.8wte
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 345-CSU9-7682191
- Employer
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital of Hartlepool
- Town
- Hartlepool
- Salary
- £64,455 - £74,896 n/a
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
8b
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, our main priority is, and always will be, providing safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones.
If you share our passion then apply for this opportunity and help us make our patients’ experience the best it can possibly be.
Job overview
The Medical Psychology service provides psychological assessment, support and treatment to medical patients and is based across hospitals and community sites serving the University Hospital Tees group . We are pleased to be recruiting for a highly experienced Clinical/Counselling/ Health Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to contribute to the specialist clinical services, supervision and leadership within our pain psychology services. You will be welcomed into a leadership team that values kindness, integrity and collaboration.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Principal Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to work alongside Consultant Psychologists to provide specialist clinical services, supervision and leadership.
As a department we provide input across the trust into a range of specialities including but not limited to; neuropsychology, oncology, haematology, palliative care, rheumatology, diabetes, pain, CFS, infectious diseases, renal, burns and plastics. The post holder will have responsibilities for providing leadership within the specific area of the pain psychology service.
The post holder will take a lead on specific audit and service evaluation projects and will be involved in service development projects with the aim of expanding the service in line with national guidelines and standards. The post will also involve line management and clinical supervision of other staff.
Applicants will need to have had experience of working in a clinical health setting.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, we want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Essential criteria
- • Well-developed knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology.
- • To demonstrate expert knowledge of psychological principles relevant to the clinical specialism through both direct clinical contribution and as a resource to the whole of the multidisciplinary team in terms of patient management.
- • Knowledge of legislation in relation to relevant client groups and the healthcare system.
- • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- • Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the British Psychological Society and Health and Care Professionals Council or British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
- • Detailed knowledge of the skills and competencies of delivery of at least one evidenced based model of psychological therapy relevant to working with patients with physical health conditions (e.g. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focussed Therapy).
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- • For Psychologists: Post-graduate doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology, or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996, Counselling or Health Psychology as accredited by the BPS &/or HCPC. For Psychological Therapists: A recorded/registered qualification in a core health or social care profession at graduate level (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or have passed the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes (KSA) pre-requisite criteria as recognised by the BABCP prior to undertaking post-graduate training. Completed BABCP Level 2 postgraduate training at a level required for BABCP accreditation.
- • Completed training course in clinical supervision and/or accredited to supervise qualified psychological practitioners in relevant discipline.
- • Current registration with the BABCP as a Psychological Therapist or HCPC Registration as a Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologist.
- • Additional training beyond entry level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice or therapeutic approach (e.g. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) relevant to the psychological needs of medical patients (at least level 1 training) OR a combination of specialist short courses and/an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by a registered body.
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of continuing professional development in psychology for pain
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatments of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community and inpatient settings.
- • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including people with physical health conditions across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
- • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as an individual practitioner and within the context of multidisciplinary care.
- • Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision.
- • Experience of carrying out successful audit, research, and service development projects.
- • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working within a pain psychology service
- • Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- • Experience of line management.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria
- • Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
- • Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
- • Ability to meet the requirements of clinical governance in the maintenance of high standards of clinical practice in the context of regular exposure to highly distressing experiences and unpleasant working conditions.
- • Highly effective verbal and written communication skills
Desirable criteria
- • A passion and enthusiasm for working with patients in a medical psychology setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Amie Smith
- Job title
- Director of Medical Psychology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642854123
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