Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- 317 Paediatric Psychology
- Gradd
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Rhan-amser - 26.25 awr yr wythnos (26 Hours 15 Minutes/Week)
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 317-2026-37-012
- Cyflogwr
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Trustwide
- Tref
- 317 Trustwide
- Cyflog
- £66,582 - £77,368 pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 12/10/2026 23:59
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 12/11/2026
Teitl cyflogwr
Highly Specialised Clinical/Principal Practitioner Psychologist
Band 8b
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.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
An opportunity has arisen for a substantive Band 8b Highly Specialised Clinical 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 0.7 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 seeing women 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 Consultant Clinical Psychologist to develop clinical pathways, robust processes for service evaluation, developing Patient Participation and Involvement in developing the new service.
- Interview Date Thursday 12 November 2026
- 26 Hours 15 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
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
- Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
- Undertake aspects of service development leadership and service delivery as agreed with the Consultant Psychologist and represent the Consultant Clinical Psychologist at planning, review and service evaluation meetings.
- Provide line management and supervision for junior clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists and provide specialist and core placements for trainee clinical psychologists.
- To ensure a high quality, comprehensive specialist clinical psychology service within the maternity mental health service through the line management of the 8a psychological professionals responsible for a range of input across the service.
- Develop psychologically informed care through developing and overseeing teaching and training within the maternity service.
- Evaluate and monitor psychology input into the MMHS through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation, clinical governance and audit e.g. KPIs.
- Participate in relevant departmental meetings and contribute to the development of the service within the Trust and network across the region.
- Liaise with other professionals/agencies in relation to the MMHS.
- Participate in working groups with other disciplines within the team to propose, develop and implement changes to policy/service delivery to enable more efficient patient care.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
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
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist
- Takes appropriate responsibility for clinical psychology provision to the service in which this post is located and supports the provision of a stand-alone service including demand/waiting list management, reporting and making recommendations regarding service provision. Is expected to manage the care of the most challenging and complex psychological presentations presenting within this part of the service. Is required to provide supervision of clinical psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists.
- Provides a qualified specialist clinical psychology service across all sectors of care to the population served by this post; providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy. Offering advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
- Is expected to take delegated responsibility for aspects of service delivery from the Consultant Clinical or Neuropsychologist and deputise in the absence of the Consultant Clinical or Neuropsychologist.
Principal Practitioner Psychologist
- Act as team leader in the absence of the Consultant Practitioner Psychologist
- Working across settings (e.g.in patient, outpatient, community clinics).
- Providing qualified psychology service to the population served by this post, as part of larger team.
- Responsible for clinical and research supervision of doctoral trainees.
- Supervision of qualified psychologists, assistant psychologists and other clinical staff as required.
- Personal duty of care for trust equipment and facilities.
- Provide training where required by the post and service.
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.
Manyleb y person
Meets All Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist Criteria
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Meets All Essential Criteria
Meini prawf dymunol
- Meets All Desirable Criteria
Meets All Principal Practitioner Psychologist Criteria
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Meets All Essential Criteria
Meini prawf dymunol
- Meets All Desirable Criteria
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Evelyn Jannetta
- Teitl y swydd
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 0191 2824081
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