Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to join the Northumberland and North Tyneside At Risk Mental State Service (ARMS) on a fixed-term maternity cover contract. The ARMS service is a small multi-disciplinary team offering interventions to prevent the onset of psychosis in young people and adults aged 14-25. The role involves specialist psychological assessment, individual and group interventions, and supporting the wider team with assessment, formulation, and care planning. You will also contribute to training initiatives, service developments, audit, and research.
Essential criteria
- 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/accredited membership of the appropriate professional body
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Knowledge and Experience
- 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.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working with people experiencing an at-risk mental state or psychosis
- Skills and Competencies
- 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.
- Additional requirements
- Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
- Education and Qualifications
- 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/accredited membership of the appropriate professional body
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Knowledge and Experience
- 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.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working with people experiencing an at-risk mental state or psychosis
- Skills and Competencies
- 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.
- Additional requirements
- Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
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Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for dynamic and committedClinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to join the Northumberland and North Tyneside At Risk Mental State Service (ARMS) on a fixed term maternity cover contract.
The ARMS service is a small multi-disciplinary team offering interventions to try to prevent the onset of psychosis. We welcome applications from enthusiastic individuals with a keen interest in working with young people and adults aged 14-25 who are thought to be at risk of developing psychosis. This is an exciting and developing service which is research active and may well expand into the prevention of other mental health problems. The team is an independent service but works closely with local Early Intervention in Psychosis services.
Main duties of the job
As a core team member you will provide specialist psychological assessment, individual and group interventions, to service users in collaboration with colleagues. You will alsosupport the wider team with assessment, formulation and care planning as well as offer supervision and consultation. In addition, you will contributeto training initiatives and innovative service developments, in support of the p
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