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Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

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Location
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 £47,810 - £54,710 Salary is dependant on experience
Profession
Psychologist
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
13 Apr 2026
Contract Type
Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
Posted Date
16 Mar 2026

Job overview

The Medical Psychology service provides psychological assessment, support and treatment to medical patients within Group Hospitals of Tees.   Within this, the cancer and palliative care service provides specialist input to the Cancer Institute and Community Clinical Service Units for the respective services.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist to provide specialist clinical services within the cancer and palliative care psychology team.

Applicants do not need to have had prior experience working in cancer or palliative care but will have demonstrated an interest in the areas. Prior experience would be beneficial.  The post holder will be provided with training and supervision from the senior clinicians to support them in role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.