The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Psychology in Healthcare Department (Children and Young People) is undergoing a period of growth and development. As a result, we are looking to recruit a highly motivated and creative Band 7 Clinical Psychologist or a Band 8a Applied Psychologist to work alongside an enthusiastic team. The successful candidate will provide highly specialist psychological support to children, young people, and their families who have complex health needs. They will be expected to contribute to service development and think of creative and innovative ways of working. The role requires the ability to form effective working relationships with colleagues in multidisciplinary teams and wider systems. 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 among others. The department values and supports staff wellbeing, for example, we take regular lunch breaks, walk together, value thinking time, and organize social events. Interview Date: Wednesday 22 January 2025 Main duties of the job
Provide highly specialized psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy to children, young people, and their families. Provide advice and consultation to colleagues from other disciplines and work closely with multidisciplinary teams. Contribute to the wider department through service development and project work. Job responsibilities
Band 7 Provide a qualified paediatric clinical psychology service within the paediatric psychology team, offering specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy. Offer advice and consultation about children, young people, and families on issues of psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and non-professional carers. Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. Utilize research skills for audit, policy, and service development within the area served by the team/service. Post mainly based at the Great North Children's Hospital with outreach work into the community and other hospitals. Band 8a Take appropriate responsibility for applied psychology provision specializing in the specific service area and make recommendations regarding service provision. Provide a qualified applied psychology service across all sectors of care, offering specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy. Provide supervision of trainee clinical psychologists. As a flexible working friendly organization, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement. Person Specification
Meets All Band 7 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. HCPC registration. Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment of children, young people, and families across a range of care settings. Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations. Computer literate - competent use of email/internet and patient information systems. Meets All Band 8a Criteria
Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, or Health Psychology, or Masters level training in Occupational Psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society. Registered with HCPC. Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment of patients across a range of care settings. Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations. Computer literate - competent use of email/internet and patient information systems. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions. The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist
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The Psychology in Healthcare Department (Children and Young People) is undergoing a period of growth and development. As a result, we are looking to recruit a highly motivated and creative Band 7 Clinical Psychologist or a Band 8a Applied Psychologist to work alongside an enthusiastic team. The successful candidate will provide highly specialist psychological support to children, young people, and their families who have complex health needs. They will be expected to contribute to service development and think of creative and innovative ways of working. The role requires the ability to form effective working relationships with colleagues in multidisciplinary teams and wider systems. 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 among others. The department values and supports staff wellbeing, for example, we take regular lunch breaks, walk together, value thinking time, and organize social events. Interview Date: Wednesday 22 January 2025 Main duties of the job
Provide highly specialized psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy to children, young people, and their families. Provide advice and consultation to colleagues from other disciplines and work closely with multidisciplinary teams. Contribute to the wider department through service development and project work. Job responsibilities
Band 7 Provide a qualified paediatric clinical psychology service within the paediatric psychology team, offering specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy. Offer advice and consultation about children, young people, and families on issues of psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and non-professional carers. Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. Utilize research skills for audit, policy, and service development within the area served by the team/service. Post mainly based at the Great North Children's Hospital with outreach work into the community and other hospitals. Band 8a Take appropriate responsibility for applied psychology provision specializing in the specific service area and make recommendations regarding service provision. Provide a qualified applied psychology service across all sectors of care, offering specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy. Provide supervision of trainee clinical psychologists. As a flexible working friendly organization, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement. Person Specification
Meets All Band 7 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. HCPC registration. Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment of children, young people, and families across a range of care settings. Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations. Computer literate - competent use of email/internet and patient information systems. Meets All Band 8a Criteria
Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, or Health Psychology, or Masters level training in Occupational Psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society. Registered with HCPC. Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment of patients across a range of care settings. Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations. Computer literate - competent use of email/internet and patient information systems. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions. The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist
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