Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Psychology - Staff and Trainee services
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (from date of appointment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-13-042
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- 317 Trustwide
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/05/2025
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist
Band 5
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced, motivated and well-organised Assistant Psychologist to support Newcastle Hospitals’ Chief Psychological Provisions Officer and Interim National Professional Lead of the Infected Blood Psychological Service (IBPS).
The IBPS is a newly established national service, developed in response to the Infected Blood Inquiry. Operating across 17 local providers, the service offers emotional and psychological support and practical assistance to individuals who have been infected or affected by contaminated blood and blood products in England.
This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to be involved in the development of a new psychology service at national, regional and local levels.
Newcastle’s IBPS sits within NuTH’s well-established and supportive Psychology in Healthcare Department. The department provides psychological services across a wide range of health specialisms, and has a strong reputation for developing Assistant Psychologists through supervision, peer support, and continuing professional development opportunities. We also maintain close links with local clinical psychology doctorate training courses.
Please note interviews will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams.
- Interview Date Thursday 29 May 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
- Conducting systematic reviews of literature
- Service mapping activities
- Contributing to service development initiatives
- Supporting outreach and engagement activities with relevant professionals and service users
- Supporting the Chief Psychological Provisions Officer/Interim National Professional Lead of the IBPS
- Assisting qualified Clinical Psychologists and IBPS Peer Navigators in their clinical and service delivery roles
- Supporting psychosocial screening processes
- Liaising with members of multidisciplinary teams where appropriate
- Potential involvement in direct clinical work and facilitation of group-based interventions
- Assisting with project and audit work within the service/department
- Supporting the collection, management, and analysis of service-related data
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
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.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To support and enhance the professional psychological care of patients.
- Providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
- To assist in clinical related administration, conduct of audits, data quality work, teaching and project work.
- This post involves working independently according to a work plan agreed with line manager and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
- See job summary template for further information specific to this post.
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.
Person specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Single honours degree (upper second class or higher) in psychology
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Paid or voluntary experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist or alongside a Clinical Psychologist
- Computer literate with experience of using Microsoft Office and statistical packages for data analysis
- Experience of conducting literature searches and reviews
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with patient groups with psychological difficulties
- Experience of working with groups
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of developmental processes from childhood to old age
- Understanding the needs of individuals with psychological difficulties
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge and skills to a healthcare setting
- Understanding of issues relating to confidentiality
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
Desirable criteria
- An understanding of the psychological needs of patients
- Presentation skills
- High level report writing
OTHER
Essential criteria
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
PERSONAL
Essential criteria
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines
- Ability to show initiative when required and a willingness to share ideas with others
- An ability to work as part of a team and maintain good relationships with colleagues
- Ability to recognise limits of own expertise and to seek advice/support when necessary
- Ability to cope with and maintain professionalism in potentially upsetting circumstances around serious illness or impending death of a patient or bereavement issues
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fran Wilkins
- Job title
- Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2824081
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