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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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Address: Royal Victoria Infirmary; Queen Victoria Road; Newcastle upon Tyne; Tyne and Wear; NE1 4LP
Contact Number: 0191 282 0999 option 2

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Cyf: 317-2025-08-074 ID y swydd wag: 7043805

Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist

Closed for applications on: 24-Maw-2025 00:02

Statws y swydd wag: Closed

Closed for applications on: 24-Maw-2025 00:02

Lleoliad

Gwefan: Trustwide
Tref: 317 Trustwide
Cod post: NE1 4LP
Major / Minor Region: Tyne a Wear

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Contract: Parhaol
Oriau: Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos

Cyflog

Cyflog: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yn flynyddol
Gradd: (Band 8b)

Arbenigedd

Prif leoliad: 317 Paediatric Psychology

Dyddiad y cyfweliad: 07/04/2025

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

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.

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The Psychology in Healthcare Department (Children and young people) is a dynamic team comprised of qualified clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists and assistant psychologists. Staff use a variety of approaches including systemic, CBT, ACT and EMDR amongst others. Staff are supported in their continued professional development. The department values and supports staff wellbeing, for example we take regular lunch breaks, walk together, value thinking time and organize social events.

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.

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.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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Qualifications & Education

Meini prawf hanfodol

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
HCPC Registration

Meini prawf dymunol

Post graduate qualification in psychological therapy

Knowledge & Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

Post-graduate training relevant speciality e.g. neuropsychology, CBT, CAT
Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings
Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
Significant amount of consolidated post qualification experience and application of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients in health care services
Additional knowledge of national good practice of working as a clinical psychologist
Completed further training in supervision skills required to provide supervision for other psychologists and healthcare professionals
Substantive experience of clinical supervision (post qualification)
Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in the treatment of a wide variety of patient groups
Knowledge of legislation and national guidance in relation to the patient group and mental health
Experience of working within a multicultural framework

Meini prawf dymunol

High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
Clinical experience of working with the population served by this post

Skills & Abilities

Meini prawf hanfodol

Application of psychological knowledge to a population and whenever acting as team lead takes day to day responsibility for psychological input in relation to service in which post is located
Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
Well-developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Demonstrable skills in waiting list management
Skills in audit, clinical governance and resource management
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
Computer literate – competent use of email/internet/software
Ability to meet any travel requirements of the post