About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a substantive Band 8a Clinical Counselling Psychologist / Specialist Psychological Therapist post working in the new Maternal Mental Health Service within the Paediatric and Women's Health Psychology service at Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust.
The paediatric and women's health psychology service is a thriving department, which is committed to child and family centred care. There are opportunities for professional development through regular CPD, involvement in service improvement projects, and supervision. The paediatric and women's health psychology service is part of the wider department of Psychology in Healthcare, enabling collaboration and support with adult psychology colleagues. There are also close links with the doctorate clinical psychology courses at Newcastle and Teeside Universities.
The post will involve seeing women under the care of NUTH Maternity Services for assessment and therapy. This is a brand new service, and the post holder will work closely with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist to develop clinical pathways, robust processes for service evaluation, developing Patient Participation and Involvement in developing the new service.
Interview Date 12 November 2026 22.5 hours per week You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
Work with women, birthing people and their partners receiving all or elements of their maternity/ neonatal care through NUTH, who are experiencing distress in relation to their pregnancy, maternity and birth experience, or those whose babies are admitted to the neonatal inpatient unit.
This will include those experiencing birth trauma, pregnancy-related anxiety and baby loss and bereavement
Provide a specialised and experienced psychological therapy service for patients with the most complex /challenging presentations, by assessing and treating own specialist caseload of patients, plus maintaining associated records. Provide this service across all sectors of care; providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy.
Provide supervision and reflective practice space to both staff in psychology roles (e.g. Assistant Psychologist) and non-psychology colleagues (e.g. specialist midwives)
Offer advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to multidisciplinary teams, including medical, surgical and ward-based teams Liaise with relevant external services (e.g. Perinatal mental Health services, safeguarding teams).
Provide teaching and training (e.g. on DClin Psy; to wider maternity staff) Promote and assist the development of a trauma informed culture of care within wider maternity services
Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) Freeman Hospital Newcastle Dental Hospital Cramlington Manor Walks Urgent treatment centres Newcastle Fertility Centre Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria Northern Genetics Service These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on Careers at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit our website: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description Job responsibilities
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
To provide a specialist clinical/counselling psychology service within the service in which this post is located, providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy. Offering advice and consultation on patients psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Senior Psychological Therapist
To provide a specialist clinical/counselling psychology service within the service in which this post is located, providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy. Offering advice and consultation on patients psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
Meets all Specialist Psychological Therapist Meets all Clinical Counselling Psychologist
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Trustwide
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)