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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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Ref: 317-2025-23-012 Vacancy ID: 7298611

Clinical Psychologist

Closed for applications on: 3-Jul-2025 00:01

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 3-Jul-2025 00:01

Location

Site: Royal Victoria Infirmary
Town: 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
Postcode: NE1 4LP
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 33.75 hours per week (33 Hours 45 Minutes/Week)

Salary

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: 317 Neuropsychology

Interview date: 14/07/2025

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Patient and Family Support:
Providing holistic support to stroke patients and their families, including emotional support, practical advice, and guidance on self-management strategies. Group work. Ensuring the delivery of high-quality, best practice, and evidence-based care to stroke patients and their families, adhering to national stroke standards and best practices.
Rehabilitation and Therapy:
Facilitating and coordinating stroke rehabilitation, promoting psychological and neuropsychological functioning and recovery, and maximizing independence in the community setting and contributing to vocational rehab for those wishing to return to work.
Service Development and Improvement:
Contributing to the development and implementation of service improvements, participating in audits and service reviews, and responding to national initiatives related to stroke care.
Inter-professional Collaboration:
Working effectively with other healthcare professionals, including therapists, social workers, nurses, doctors and community services, to ensure a coordinated and integrated approach to patient care.
Pathway Management:
Alongside psychology management, coordinating the patient pathway for psychological care, from initial assessment to discharge, ensuring smooth transitions and optimal outcomes.
Supervision, Education and Training:
Providing regular supervision to doctoral trainees on placement. Providing education and training to other healthcare professionals and staff on psychological and neuropsychological aspects of stroke care and rehabilitation.
Communication and Advocacy:
Effectively communicating with patients, families, and other stakeholders, advocating for the needs of stroke patients and their families.

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.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

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
Registered with HCPC

Desirable criteria

Engagement with the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology and/or further training in specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the post

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Substantial experience in providing a neuropsychology and/or clinical health psychology service to patients presenting to neurological services and willingness to develop skills working with patients with stroke
Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient 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 and with experience of working as a qualified psychologist in a health care setting
Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Further training in supervision skills required to provide supervision for Doctoral trainees
In addition to obtaining the necessary qualifications and experience to practice as a clinical psychologist, has additional knowledge of working as a clinical psychologist in Health services and/or neuropsychological services

Desirable criteria

Previous experience of working as a psychologist in a neuropsychological or health psychology setting
Clinical experience of working with people with neurological disorders
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessment and therapies with patients with or with suspected neurological disorders
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health, including safeguarding vulnerable children and adults

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia 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
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 empathise and communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
Computer literate – competent use of email/internet and patient information systems for electronic clinical records and diary management
The ability to meet the travel requirements of post