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Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS...

Location:
United Kingdom, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Category:
Health and Beauty

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

55690.00 - 62682.00 GBP / Year

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Job Description:

We are looking to recruit to an established post in this service which sits within the Specialist Services Clinical Business Unit of an outstanding mental health provider NHS Trust. We are looking for aClinical or Counselling Psychologist to support the team, implement the necessary Psychological Therapies, providing scaffolding, training and consultation across the wider network of clinics, and supervision within the team, in collaboration with the team members and wider gender diverse community. As an employer we welcome diversity, celebrate and cultivate individual differences. We have a strong reflective culture, providing protected time and fora for learning, growth and development. It will support the post holder to engage with the national teams and networks necessary to deliver the service in line with NHS England expectation.

Job Responsibility:

Provide psychological therapy for people with the most complex needs as service users of the NRGDS
Provide psychological therapy and learn skills to work within the gender dysphoria pathway
Apply specialist psychological models in a very person centred way with adults with a wide range of emotional, psychological or somatic distress
Use evidence-based psychological interventions including demonstrated competence in applying two or more psychological therapies or any kind of structured group therapy
Provide scaffolding, training and consultation across the wider network of clinics, and supervision within the team
Engage with the national teams and networks necessary to deliver the service in line with NHS England expectation
Offer specific needs led interventions for a range of difficulties arising from gender dysphoria and relevant to the pathway
Offer highly specialised assessments of complex presentations, neurodiversity, capacity and readiness for medical interventions

Requirements:

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 HCPC and British Psychological Society
HCPC registered practitioner psychologist
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups relevant to the client group
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
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC
Formal training in clinical supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and other staff
Skills in managing emotional impact of dealing with highly emotive and distressing situations through self-management and use of the clinical supervision process
Specialist skills in evidence based psychological interventions
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
Skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Applicants must have current UK professional registration

Nice to have:

Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Additional qualification in at least one therapeutic model, evidence-based for use with this client group
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 08, 2025

Expiration:
January 07, 2026

Employment Type:

Parttime

Work Type:

On-site work

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