# Specialist Psychological Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-psychological-therapist/1d6abdbd-4d3e-4c3d-bfb1-92f194c401d5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-psychological-therapist/1d6abdbd-4d3e-4c3d-bfb1-92f194c401d5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** North Shields - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Some evening work until 7.30pm may be required - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 22.5 hours per week (Some evening work until 19.30 may be needed.) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T09:00:53.388Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Wallsend/Northumbria_Healthcare_NHCT_Northumbria_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialist_Psychological_Therapists/Specialist_Psychological_Therapists-v7995714 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7995714?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen in North Tyneside Specialist Community Psychology  Service for a Specialist Psychological Therapist, to provide excellent, high quality and time limited psychological interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines to patients presenting with a range of mental health problems. The successful candidate will be joining a well-established, Psychology team that continues to offer high quality, evidence based psychological interventions for the North Tyneside population. We have a part time vacancy and are accepting applications via this job description and from Clinical/Counselling Psychologists (alternative advert). The service delivers high quality clinical supervision and CPD programmes in house, and strongly supports staff members' continued learning and development; and established links with Newcastle Uni, DCLIN Psych Course. ### Main duties of the job Successful candidates should be keen to work therapeutically with a wide range of psychological difficulties, however a significant proportion of the work is with people presenting with complex psychological difficulties, predominantly linked to developmental trauma. The Psychology team consists of therapists trained in a range of therapeutic models. The role will require you to work in conjunction with colleagues to deliver services within a flexible model of care. As the service is designed to promote greater access you will be required to work flexible hours to enable this improved service delivery. This is a great opportunity to be a part of an experienced and committed service in a forward-thinking organisation and make a tangible difference to those struggling with a range of mental health problems. Successful candidates will be registered with their relevant professional body.  The successful candidates would need to have significant experience working therapeutically with complex trauma and ideally have experience working in primary care, with skills and expertise in working with complexity and managing risk.  An EMDR qualification would also be desirable. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will work within North Tyneside Specialist Community Psychology Service. You will be responsible for providing trauma informed therapy and promoting the psychological health and wellbeing of clients in our psychology team. The post holder will provide therapy interventions to patients with a range of complex mental health disorders and provide clinical supervision to other Clinical/Counselling Psychologists and Psychological Therapists. You will role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen in North Tyneside Specialist Community Psychology Service for a Specialist Psychological Therapist, to provide excellent, high quality and time limited psychological interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines to patients presenting with a range of mental health problems. The successful candidate will be joining a well-established, Psychology team that continues to offer high quality, evidence based psychological interventions for the North Tyneside population. We have a part time vacancy and are accepting applications via this job description and from Clinical/Counselling Psychologists (alternative advert). The service delivers high quality clinical supervision and CPD programmes in house, and strongly supports staff members' continued learning and development; and established links with Newcastle Uni, DCLIN Psych Course. ## Job Description Successful candidates should be keen to work therapeutically with a wide range of psychological difficulties, however a significant proportion of the work is with people presenting with complex psychological difficulties, predominantly linked to developmental trauma. The Psychology team consists of therapists trained in a range of therapeutic models. The role will require you to work in conjunction with colleagues to deliver services within a flexible model of care. As the service is designed to promote greater access you will be required to work flexible hours to enable this improved service delivery. This is a great opportunity to be a part of an experienced and committed service in a forward-thinking organisation and make a tangible difference to those struggling with a range of mental health problems. Successful candidates will be registered with their relevant professional body. The successful candidates would need to have significant experience working therapeutically with complex trauma and ideally have experience working in primary care, with skills and expertise in working with complexity and managing risk. An EMDR qualification would also be desirable. ## Responsibilities The post holder will work within North Tyneside Specialist Community Psychology Service. You will be responsible for providing trauma informed therapy and promoting the psychological health and wellbeing of clients in our psychology team. The post holder will provide therapy interventions to patients with a range of complex mental health disorders and provide clinical supervision to other Clinical/Counselling Psychologists and Psychological Therapists. You will role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Professional knowledge acquired through degree, supplemented by further specialist training to postgraduate doctoral degree level (or an equivalent level of knowledge and / or experience) - A registered mental health qualification (e.g. in nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or - A recognised mental health qualification alongside significant experience and demonstrable competence working with complex presentations - Further postgraduate qualification training in one or more evidence based psychological therapies including: - Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) - CBT EMDR (parts 1,2,3,4 completed) or Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - Professional Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC);, NMC, UKCP and accreditation with e.g. ACAT, BABCP, EMDR Europe **Desirable** - Trained in two postgraduate therapy approaches ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one evidence based psychological therapy (CAT; EMDR; Psychodynamic psychotherapy or CBT) relevant to the treatment of adults with chronic, enduring and complex problems; including difficulties as a result of early developmental trauma and personality disorders - Significant postgraduate experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner with complex presentations - Significant post-qualification clinical work in primary care, secondary care or Psychology services - Significant Experience of specialised psychological assessments and treatment of patients across a full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient setting with the full range of clinical severity. - Significant Experience of providing clinical supervision - Experience of the application of psychological therapies in different cultural contexts. - Experience of meeting agreed / specified service targets **Desirable** - Knowledge and experience of delivering psychological interventions for complex psychological difficulties - Planning, organising and running therapeutic groups - Formal training in the provision of clinical supervision e.g. CAT, CBT - Experience of working in a stepped care service model (e.g. IAPT or CMHT) ## Documents - [trust compact (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3037) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2867) - [northumbria privacy policy (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1899) - [pro2443-specialist psychological therapist (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319495) ## 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.