Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Paediatric Psychology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2026-37-009
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- 317 Trustwide
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/11/2026
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist
Band 5
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a substantive Assistant Psychologist post working in the new Maternal Mental Health Service within the Paediatric and Women’s Health Psychology service at Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust. The post is available on a 0.6 wte basis.
The paediatric and women’s health psychology service is a thriving department, which is committed to child and family centred care. There are opportunities for professional development through regular CPD, involvement in service improvement projects, and supervision. The paediatric and women’s health psychology service is part of the wider department of Psychology in Healthcare, enabling collaboration and support with adult psychology colleagues. There are also close links with the doctorate clinical psychology courses at Newcastle and Teeside Universities.
The post will involve supporting qualified staff who will be seeing women and birthing people under the care of NUTH Maternity Services for assessment and therapy. This is a brand new service, and the post holder will work closely with the team to develop clinical pathways, robust processes for service evaluation, developing Patient Participation and Involvement in developing the new service.
- Interview Date Thursday 19 November 2026
- 22 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
- In addition to the core components of Assistant Psychologist (Band 5) the post holder will:
- Use research skills for conducting literature reviews in the area of maternal mental health and undertake audits and service evaluation.
- Gather and analyse outcome and other measures, and qualitative feedback.
- Prepare, organise and maintain assessment and therapy resources for a range of contexts e.g. psycho-educational tools, psychometric tests and electronic resources.
- Support the development of the referral pathway within the new maternal mental health service and maintain up-to-date records.
- To assist practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service in the Maternal Mental Health Service.
- Under supervision of the Band 8A clinical psychologist, support the clinical work of the service as indicated, which may include brief interventions and co-facilitation of groups.
- Contribute to team meetings and MDT discussions within the maternity service.
- Support and contribute to training for colleagues within the service and wider systems.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Patient/Client Group:
To support in the delivery of psychological interventions for people whose mental health has been significantly impacted e.g. by birth trauma, perinatal loss, or tokophobia.
Key Relationships
Work closely with the 8B Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist and under supervision of the Band 8a Clinical Psychologist/Specialist Psychology Therapist in Psychology in Healthcare.
Be an active part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Geographical Location/Boundaries:
This post will be based mainly on the Royal Victoria Infirmary site but will be expected to work across NUTH facilities depending on patient and service need.
Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Person specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- • Single honours degree (upper second class or higher) in psychology
Desirable criteria
- • Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- • Paid or voluntary experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist or alongside a Clinical Psychologist
- • Computer literate with experience of using Microsoft Office and statistical packages for data analysis
- • Experience of conducting literature searches and reviews
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working with patient groups with psychological difficulties
- • Experience of working with groups
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of developmental processes from childhood to old age
- • Understanding the needs of individuals with psychological difficulties
- • An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge and skills to a healthcare setting
- • Understanding of issues relating to confidentiality
- • High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
Desirable criteria
- • An understanding of the psychological needs of patients
- • Presentation skills
- • High level report writing
OTHER
Essential criteria
- • Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
- • Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
- • Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- • A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
Applicant requirements
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
- Evelyn Jannetta
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2824081
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