Specialised Clinical​/Principal Practitioner Psychologist

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The closing date is 12 October 2026

An opportunity has arisen for a substantive Band 8b Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist 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 post is available on a 0.7 wte basis. 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 Thursday 12 November 2026

• Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Undertake aspects of service development leadership and service delivery as agreed with the Consultant Psychologist and represent the Consultant Clinical Psychologist at planning, review and service evaluation meetings.
• Provide line management and supervision for junior clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists and provide specialist and core placements for trainee clinical psychologists.
• To ensure a high quality, comprehensive specialist clinical psychology service within the maternity mental health service through the line management of the 8a psychological professionals responsible for a range of input across the service.
• Develop psychologically informed care through developing and overseeing teaching and training within the maternity service.
• Evaluate and monitor psychology input into the MMHS through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation, clinical governance and audit e.g. KPIs.
• Participate in relevant departmental meetings and contribute to the development of the service within the Trust and network across the region.
• Liaise with other professionals/agencies in relation to the MMHS.
• Participate in working groups with other disciplines within the team to propose, develop and implement changes to policy/service delivery to enable more efficient patient care.

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
• 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.

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