The closing date is 16 July 2026Job summaryWe wish to recruit an enthusiastic and creative Clinical Psychologist to join the Older Adult Community Team in Newcastle. This post will largely be based at St Nicholas Hospital in Gosforth. The post is a 0.6wte permanent post at Band 7. The person appointed will be working within the Newcastle Older Adult Community Treatment Team and Memory Service across Newcastle and parts of North Tyneside. We are a vibrant multi-disciplinary team consisting of mental health nurses, OTs, psychiatrists, mental health wellbeing practitioners, physiotherapists and support workers. The psychology team offers a range of therapeutic interventions, including CAT, CBT, DBT, EMDR, family therapy, formulation and neuropsychological assessment, to support older people and their families with both functional and cognitive difficulties.
Main duties of the jobAs part of the Community Treatment Team the person appointed will be providing psychological assessment, formulation and treatment for older adult clients and families experiencing a variety of complex mental health difficulties. The post holder will also work into the Memory Service, provide neuropsychological assessments for patients suspected of presenting with a dementia. In addition, there will be opportunities to support the provision of supervision and scaffolding to members of the Community Treatment Team.
Experience of working psychologically with older people with complexity and co-morbid difficulties would be an advantage. The post will provide opportunities for developing skills in teaching/training, clinical supervision, research, and involvement in service development.
The Psychology team is friendly and supportive, and embedded within a thriving network of clinicians providing services to Older Adults in Newcastle. There is a very active local BPS Faculty of the Psychology for Older People (FPoP) network. Additionally, we have close links with the Newcastle and Teesside Doctorate training courses and regularly have Trainees on placement as well as contributing to the course teaching.
About usWe 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.
DetailsDate posted: 02 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 263-CCG26-240-LB
Job locations: St Nicholas Hospital, Alnwood, Jubilee Road, NE3 3XT, United Kingdom
Job responsibilitiesPlease find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 2nd July 2026
Closing date : 16th July 2026
We welcome your application.
Person SpecificationEducation and QualificationEssential- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society and the HCPC
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist
Desirable- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Knowledge and ExperienceEssential- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity, including severe and enduring mental health problems, psychosis and personality disorder. This includes maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the possibility of physical abuse
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Desirable- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Skills and CompetenciesEssential- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Skills in evidence based psychological interventions.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Role/Team specific requirementsEssential- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive behaviour
Desirable- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Additional RequirementsEssential- Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
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.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
