About this role
Job summary
The Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Team covering Sunderland and South Tyneside are looking to recruit a permanent full time band 8a Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist / Senior Psychological Therapist to work into the service.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will offer direct clinical work (assessment, formulation, intervention) to clients with first episode psychosis. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team across a range of indirect tasks, such as supervision, training and research.
The post holder will be clinically supervised by a principal or consultant clinical psychologist and professionally supervised by the consultant clinical psychologist. You will also join a wider psychological service of about 15 therapists that serves the adult teams in community across the south CBU. As such you will join a supportive network with considerable clinical and professional expertise.
You will be encouraged to help us develop our training programme and research / service evaluation output that we are really proud to have built over these past five years.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Working in mental health can be very demanding, so we look to prioritise our staff wellbeing day to day. One way in which we do this is to design and continually review job roles collaboratively with you, so that your day-to-day work feels manageable and sustainable in the long term. We also have a strong commitment to CPD and professional development, and we want to nurture and develop the post holder for their careers in the long term. Many post holders have progressed internally from within our team.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 9th June 2026
Closing date : 23rd June 2026
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education Essential
Doctoral level qualification in clinical/counselling psychology or equivalent AND post-doctoral qualification in at least one formal psychological therapy e.g. post-graduate diploma in CBT OR Qualified psychological therapist qualified in at least TWO formal psychological therapies e.g. CBT and EMDR
Desirable
Qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp)
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Substantial post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including; outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings. Experience of working with psychosis Experience of providing clinical supervision
Desirable
Experience of working with first episode psychosis Experience of working in an EIP service
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Specialist skills in evidence based psychological interventions. Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups relevant to psychosis Skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional groups
Desirable
Skills in the psychological assessment and intervention of neurodivergent populations. Skills in the psychological assessment and intervention of first episode psychosis
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.
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 Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Address Empire House
Newbottle Street
Houghton-le-Spring
DH4 4AF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)