Assistant Psychologist | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	02 March 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	01 April 2026
Location:	North Shields, NE29 0HG
Company:	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7824124/319-7824124IO

Summary

Applications are invited for an Assistant Psychologist to join a highly established multi-disciplinary CAMHS team covering the North Tyneside area. The team caters for children and young people aged 0-18 and their families, who are affected by a variety of mental health difficulties and neuro-diversity.

We are looking for an enthusiastic motivated team player to support with the delivery of psychologically informed assessment, formulation and intervention across CAMHS. The post will sit primarily within the neurodevelopmental assessment team, and so skill in the assessment of neurodevelopmental conditions is desirable as well as prior knowledge of cognitive assessments (e.g. WISC-V) .

We are keen to invest in training opportunities for the successful candidate, in order to develop skills and experience to improve service delivery and patient experience.

The post will be based at Albion Road Resource Centre, North Shields but the post holder may be required to work at other sites within the Trust.

The main duties of the role are to directly support with neurodevelopmental assessments within the service, which can involve gathering and collating relevant information, carrying out assessment with parents and young people, completing school observations and supporting with phone calls and advice for families on the waiting list. The role involves collaboration and joint working, both within the team and with wider multi-agency working. There will be opportunities to contribute to wider service needs such as audit, and quality improvement projects. All work will be supervised by qualified Clinical Psychologists in the service, although there will be joint working with other professionals also.

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

To assist in the provision of the delivery of comprehensive assessments and formulation of a young person's needs within CAMHS; providing written reports summarising their strengths and differences. Working within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures with appropriate supervision. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Main responsibilities will be to provide psychologically informed assessment, formulation and treatment considerations for young people and their families referred to CAMHS under the supervision of a qualified psychologist/professional. As this post sits mainly within the neurodevelopmental assessment team, the primary focus will be the assessment and formulation of Autism and ADHD, however alternative explanations of presenting difficulties will also need be considered. There will also be opportunities to develop individual interests with regards to all other service contributions across CAMHS and an expectation of working across teams to offer psychological expertise.

CPD is supported and consideration of specialising in a specific field of special interest or relevant therapeutic intervention would be positively encouraged.


This advert closes on Monday 16 Mar 2026