Job summary
- Main area
- CYPS
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 263-CCG25-256-EW
- Employer
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Benton House/ Bensham Hospital
- Town
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical 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 are looking for a confident, enthusiastic and dynamic psychologist to join our busy multi-disciplinary Children and Young People’s Service in Newcastle and Gateshead. The post will involve working into a new school pilot ( a small cluster of schools). The role role will include supporting schools, young people and their families/ carers with a range of mental health presentations.
This post provides an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to develop and extend their clinical skills and knowledge.
You will be working in an environment where there is strong emphasis on teamwork and quality of clinical care. You will work collaboratively with our friendly multidisciplinary team members including other qualified psychologists. Professionally there are links with the wider network of psychologists. As a service, we value the role of robust, supportive and effective supervision and you will have access to separate clinical and management supervision at a frequency that meets your needs.
Main duties of the job
You will work collaboratively with children young people, their families/carers, MDT and partner agencies. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to further develop their psychological therapies skills through co-working and robust supervision, and training opportunities.
There will also be opportunities to engage in consultation, scaffolding, delivering teaching, training, service evaluation and research according to your interests and service need.
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.
As a service we believe in investing in staff and there will be support to develop leadership skills and to contribute to service developments. We will expect the post holder to actively pursue continuous professional development and will support them to identify needs and to progress in a meaningful way.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 22nd July 2025
Closing date : 5th August 2025
We welcome your application.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society and the HCPC.
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in evidence based psychological interventions.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity, including severe and enduring mental health problems, psychosis and personality disorder. This includes maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the possibility of physical abuse.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with children, young people and their families.
- Experience of working with individuals with neurodevelopmental differences.
- Experience of assessment of neurodevelopmental disorder.
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
- Rebecca Coulter
- Job title
- Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07976527952
- Additional information
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