# Clinical Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-psychologist/281c2370-cd1e-4406-a2c0-2398f2f481cf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-psychologist/281c2370-cd1e-4406-a2c0-2398f2f481cf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Newcastle Upon Tyne - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Band 7-8a development post - **Contract type:** Permanent: Band 7-8a development post - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T09:03:20.132Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Sunderland/Cumbria_Northumberland_Tyne_Wear_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8046326 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8046326?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cntw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are delighted to be offering a  0.5wte Band 7 Clinical Psychology development post within our Adult Inpatients Service based at Hopewood Park Hospital, Sunderland and are looking for enthusiastic Clinical Psychologists to provide specialist psychological input on our wards. We welcome applications from both current Band 7s and current final year trainees. Previous experience of working in an inpatient setting either pre/during or post clinical psychology training is desirable but not essential. Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services provide multi-disciplinary care using a biopsychosocial model for service users over the age of 18. The acute service provides care for service users with acute mental health needs who require assessment and treatment in hospital. Service users admitted to hospital are often highly complex and have a range of experiences and difficulties including neurodiversity, psychosis, personality difficulties and learning difficulties, risk to self and others, forensic issues and behaviours that challenge. ### Main duties of the job The post involves providing expertise in applying specialist psychological assessment, including cognitive assessments, collaborative formulation and intervention with service users and working with MDT teams to embed formulation and trauma informed care. This includes individual and group based work and involvement of families and carers. It will involve supporting multidisciplinary staff working with service users through supervision, team formulation, contributing to understanding complex risk, developing behaviour support plans and providing reflective practice and training to the team. The development of the enhanced MDT (EMDT) in inpatient services may mean involvement in the wider remit of ward-based tasks. The role may also involve research, service evaluation and audit. All of the wards have Higher Assistant Psychologist time and this provides opportunity for the development of skills in supervision and line management. The post holder will be supported to enable them to progress to Band 8a within 2 years of having been in a Band 7 role. This will require successful completion of a mutually agreed development plan, demonstration of the experience, skills, knowledge and competencies required and confirmation of their suitability to progress by an assessment panel. If the requirements are not fully achieved within 2 years the post holder will remain as a Band 7 and this outcome will be managed as part of the contract conditions agreed with the post holder at the outset ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached job description for full details. Advertising date : 4th June 2026 Closing date : 18th June 2026 We welcome your application. ## Job Details We are delighted to be offering a 0.5wte Band 7 Clinical Psychology development post within our Adult Inpatients Service based at Hopewood Park Hospital, Sunderland and are looking for enthusiastic Clinical Psychologists to provide specialist psychological input on our wards. We welcome applications from both current Band 7s and current final year trainees. Previous experience of working in an inpatient setting either pre/during or post clinical psychology training is desirable but not essential. Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services provide multi-disciplinary care using a biopsychosocial model for service users over the age of 18. The acute service provides care for service users with acute mental health needs who require assessment and treatment in hospital. Service users admitted to hospital are often highly complex and have a range of experiences and difficulties including neurodiversity, psychosis, personality difficulties and learning difficulties, risk to self and others, forensic issues and behaviours that challenge. ## Job Description The post involves providing expertise in applying specialist psychological assessment, including cognitive assessments, collaborative formulation and intervention with service users and working with MDT teams to embed formulation and trauma informed care. This includes individual and group based work and involvement of families and carers. It will involve supporting multidisciplinary staff working with service users through supervision, team formulation, contributing to understanding complex risk, developing behaviour support plans and providing reflective practice and training to the team. The development of the enhanced MDT (EMDT) in inpatient services may mean involvement in the wider remit of ward-based tasks. The role may also involve research, service evaluation and audit. All of the wards have Higher Assistant Psychologist time and this provides opportunity for the development of skills in supervision and line management. The post holder will be supported to enable them to progress to Band 8a within 2 years of having been in a Band 7 role. This will require successful completion of a mutually agreed development plan, demonstration of the experience, skills, knowledge and competencies required and confirmation of their suitability to progress by an assessment panel. If the requirements are not fully achieved within 2 years the post holder will remain as a Band 7 and this outcome will be managed as part of the contract conditions agreed with the post holder at the outset ## Responsibilities Please find attached job description for full details. Advertising date : 4th June 2026 Closing date : 18th June 2026 We welcome your application. ## Person Specification ### Skills and Competencies **Essential** - Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Skills in evidence based psychological interventions. - Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. - ls in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. **Desirable** - Skills in providing clinical supervision ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient 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, including severe and enduring mental health problems, psychosis and personality disorder. This includes maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the possibility of physical abuse. - Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology. **Desirable** - Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. - Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts. - Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health. ### Education and Qualification **Essential** - 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 and the HCPC. - HCPC registered practitioner psychologist **Desirable** - Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. ## Documents - [employee benefits (pdf, 922.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2167) - [interview guarantee scheme (pdf, 127.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1211) - [job description - clinical psychologist (pdf, 480.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10347712) - [tips on how to complete your application (pdf, 171.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1209) - [job description - senior clinical psychologist (pdf, 466.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10347713) - [reference guidelines for applicants - please read (pdf, 20.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1210) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.