Specialist Psychological Therapist
| Posting date: | 26 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 25 June 2026 |
| Location: | Wallsend, NE28 8QU |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7995714/319-7995714LH |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
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.
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.
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 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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Jun 2026
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.
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.
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 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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Jun 2026