Specialist Counsellor/Psychological Therapist
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 July 2025 |
| Location: | North Shields, NE29 8NH |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7272899/319-7272899LT |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term Band 7 post within the well-established Staff Psychology and Counselling Service which provides evidence-based and innovative work aimed at improving the psychological wellbeing of staff at Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust (NHCFT).
We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking practitioner to contribute to the provision of staff support services to approx. 12,000 employees of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust across various settings within Northumberland and North Tyneside.
The main duties of the job are:
· To provide high quality and effective clinical service to all employees of NHFCT and to other external organisations with whom the trust has contractual arrangements.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for clinical governance of own work according to trust policies.
· To contribute to supervision, teaching, audit and service development.
· To contribute to health promotion, wellbeing at work initiatives and stress reduction activities in the organisation.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
The post holder will join the well-established, well-respected and supportive Staff Psychology and Counselling Service which works closely with Occupational Health. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide a wide range of individual and team interventions to improve the mental health, wellbeing and effectiveness of staff.
There will also be ample opportunity to be involved in providing training and group-based support to teams. The post holder will also have the opportunity to contribute to new service development projects.
The post holder will receive support, training and supervision from the occupational health psychology team and have close links with the wider occupational health team. They will also be opportunities to access professional support /CPD.
Applicants must have significant experienceworking in mental health settingsand experience of working with clients using evidence based brief focused psychological approaches.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Jul 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term Band 7 post within the well-established Staff Psychology and Counselling Service which provides evidence-based and innovative work aimed at improving the psychological wellbeing of staff at Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust (NHCFT).
We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking practitioner to contribute to the provision of staff support services to approx. 12,000 employees of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust across various settings within Northumberland and North Tyneside.
The main duties of the job are:
· To provide high quality and effective clinical service to all employees of NHFCT and to other external organisations with whom the trust has contractual arrangements.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for clinical governance of own work according to trust policies.
· To contribute to supervision, teaching, audit and service development.
· To contribute to health promotion, wellbeing at work initiatives and stress reduction activities in the organisation.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
The post holder will join the well-established, well-respected and supportive Staff Psychology and Counselling Service which works closely with Occupational Health. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide a wide range of individual and team interventions to improve the mental health, wellbeing and effectiveness of staff.
There will also be ample opportunity to be involved in providing training and group-based support to teams. The post holder will also have the opportunity to contribute to new service development projects.
The post holder will receive support, training and supervision from the occupational health psychology team and have close links with the wider occupational health team. They will also be opportunities to access professional support /CPD.
Applicants must have significant experienceworking in mental health settingsand experience of working with clients using evidence based brief focused psychological approaches.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Jul 2025
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