Clinical Psychologist (Development post)NHS

Job summary

We are looking for a confident, enthusiastic and dynamic psychologist to join our busy multi-disciplinary neurodevelopmental assessment team working across Newcastle and Gateshead. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team members alongside the Principal Clinical Psychologists, Band 7 psychologist, and Assistant Psychologists assessing children and young people. Professionally there are links with the wider network of psychologists who deliver psychology into our mental health and learning disability teams.

Main duties of the job

You will be working in an environment where there is strong emphasis on teamwork and quality of clinical care. You will be responsible for leading assessment and formulation of complex presentations, exploring possible neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities and/or disorder as well as thoroughly considering wider factors and comorbidity. Our assessments provide thorough profiling of young people's strengths, needs and difficulties helping to ensure that they have access to the most appropriate understanding and supports as they develop and grow. We are looking for a clinician who has significant experience, knowledge and training in neurodevelopmental assessment skills and who is able to put the young person and their family at the centre of every assessment.

As a service, we value the role of robust, supportive and effective supervision and you will have access to separate clinical and management supervision at a frequency that meets your needs. The post-holder will contribute to the supervision of assistant psychologists, newly qualified psychologists and also team members from wider professions. We have close links with our local clinical training courses and there is opportunity to supervise trainee clinical psychologists on both core and elective placements.

Job description

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The successful candidate will be supported to engage in delivering teaching, training, service evaluation and research according to interests and service need. There will be opportunities and support to develop leadership, supervision and service development skills. Progression within the post is dependent on the individual's level of experience and evidence of competence in a number of key areas. These include supervision, the application of advanced theoretical and practical knowledge, the demonstration of complex analytical and judgement skills, leadership of a service development initiative or clinical pathway, and participation in service evaluation or research projects. Progression is typically considered following at least 1824 months of post-doctoral experience. We expect the post holder to actively pursue continuous professional development and will support them to identify needs and to progress in a meaningful way as they progress through their career in our service. Discussion will take place with the successful candidate in regard to specific role responsibilities, in part based on skills set and interests, as well as the clinical needs of the service.

Advertising date : 5th November 2026

Closing date : 19th November 2026

We welcome your application.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.