Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 263-CCG25-356-AB
- Employer
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bensham Hospital
- Town
- Gateshead
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Band 7
Hello!
We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
- Cultural diversity staff network
- Disabled staff network
- LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
- Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
- Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
- Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all external applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay
Job overview
We wish to recruit an enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Clinical Health Psychology Service in Gateshead for a permanent 0.8WTE band 7 role.
The post holder will provide direct and indirect psychological services to adults with physical health difficulties who are referred to the Gateshead Clinical Health Psychology Service from specialities within General Medicine.
The successful candidate will have a firm grasp of the local and national guidance in relation to psychological need in the management of those with acute and chronic physical health conditions and possess the skills and experience needed to deliver both direct and indirect services from within an acute healthcare setting, including working with multidisciplinary teams.
They will be capable of integrating knowledge from these to contribute to the development and delivery of psychological services for people with long term health conditions.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Clinical Health Psychology Service based in Gateshead, which offers a high standard of professional and managerial support.
The post holder will work alongside senior psychologists and other clinicians providing psychological services to a range of specialities within Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust including General Medicine, Pain Management, Cancer Care and paediatric Diabetes services.
We have good links with other psychology services within Gateshead, with local Clinical and Counselling Psychology courses and there are many opportunities for co-working, teaching, supervision, and research.
Working for our organisation
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 14th October 2025
Closing date : 28th October 2025
We welcome your application.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, through a course accredited by the British Psychological Society.
- Eligibility for the Chartered Clinical Psychologist or Chartered Counselling Psychologist status
- Registration with the Health Professions Council (H.P.C.)
- Willing to undertake a further planned programme of intensive training/experience in line with service need.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialised psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings.
- Experience in providing consultancy and training.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life span.
- Experience with presenting problems at the more complex end of clinical severity, involving highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, of complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Experience of providing consultation to other professional groups and voluntary services.
- Ability to teach and train others, utilising a variety of approaches including didactic and experiential methods with small and large groups
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 Ailsa Mackay
- Job title
- Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 445 6690
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