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Job summary
Are you an experienced Clinical Psychologist with a passion for supporting people living with persistent pain and complex musculoskeletal conditions? We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join the Tyneside Integrated Musculoskeletal Service (TIMS) on a fixed-term basis.
Working as part of a highly regarded multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for patients experiencing persistent pain, disability, and the psychological impact of long-term musculoskeletal conditions. You will play a key role in helping individuals improve their quality of life, self-management skills and functional outcomes through evidence-based psychological approaches.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the continued development of psychologically informed practice within an integrated MSK service and work collaboratively alongside physiotherapists, consultants, advanced practitioners and other healthcare professionals across Newcastle and Gateshead.
- Interview Date Wednesday 11 November 2026
- 15 Hours/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
The successful post holder will provide highly specialist psychological input to patients referred to TIMS with complex musculoskeletal and persistent pain presentations. Responsibilities will include conducting comprehensive psychological assessments, developing biopsychosocial formulations, delivering evidence-based interventions, and providing consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues.
You will contribute to multidisciplinary case discussions, support psychologically informed care across the service, and deliver advice, training and supervision where appropriate. The role will involve working closely with clinicians to enhance patient self-management, reduce barriers to recovery, and improve clinical outcomes for individuals experiencing chronic pain and disability.
You will also contribute to service development, clinical governance activities, audit and quality improvement initiatives, helping to ensure that psychological care remains an integral component of the TIMS model of care.
About us
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
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- 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.
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 Careers at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit our website: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Details
Date posted
29 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750 a year pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
1 years
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
317-2026-41-028
Job locations
Trustwide
317 Trustwide
NE1 4LP
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To take responsibility for clinical psychology provision specialising in a specific area (e.g.: research and audit) within the Pain Management Team in TIMs reporting and making recommendations regarding service provision.
- To provide supervision of trainee clinical psychologists.
- Provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service within the Pain Management Team in TIMs providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy.
- Offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within TIMs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To take responsibility for clinical psychology provision specialising in a specific area (e.g.: research and audit) within the Pain Management Team in TIMs reporting and making recommendations regarding service provision.
- To provide supervision of trainee clinical psychologists.
- Provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service within the Pain Management Team in TIMs providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy.
- Offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within TIMs.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- 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
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable
- Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or fields of applied psychology
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Additional knowledge of National Good Practice of working as a clinical psychologist in Health services and particularly Pain Management
- Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient 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 and with experience of working in Chronic Pain Management
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities, etc.)
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable 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 material and challenging behaviour
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well-developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Demonstrable skills in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Computer literate - competent use of email/internet and patient information systems for electronic clinical records and diary management
- The ability to meet the travel requirements of post - community based work
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- 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
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable
- Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or fields of applied psychology
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Additional knowledge of National Good Practice of working as a clinical psychologist in Health services and particularly Pain Management
- Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient 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 and with experience of working in Chronic Pain Management
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities, etc.)
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable 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 material and challenging behaviour
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well-developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Demonstrable skills in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Computer literate - competent use of email/internet and patient information systems for electronic clinical records and diary management
- The ability to meet the travel requirements of post - community based work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
317 Trustwide
NE1 4LP
United Kingdom
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Employer details
Employer name
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
317 Trustwide
NE1 4LP
United Kingdom