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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Would you like to join our exciting community team at a time of transformational change? The Middlesbrough Community Mental Health team is at the forefront of community transformation. We are looking for a dynamic Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist to provide leadership and clinical skills as part of Community Transformation. The post holder will work across the Treatment and Intervention Team and The community Hub delivering effective, safe and compassionate care.</p>
<p>We value the key leadership roles, Psychologists provide within the Trust. To support this, we use the leadership profiles for each psychology band, you will find these attached to the advert .</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The vacancy is open to either a newly qualified Psychologist or an experienced Psychologist, with appropriate job description and banding being applied accordingly to the successful candidate. Dependant on candidates experience they may start at any of the following increments: Band 7, Band 7-8a developmental or Band 8a .</p> <p>If recruited to a band 7 post, this will be a developmental post with progression to an 8a banding upon meeting the criteria within the 8a job description.</p> <p>We welcome applications from staff who are currently coming to the end of their training in Clinical or counselling psychology that on successful completion will achieve the required qualification and registration with HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist.</p> <p>Trainee counselling psychologists are eligible to apply for and to be shortlisted for interview and to be offered qualified posts when they are in their 3rd year of the doctoral training and have the following confirmed as completed by the university. This information may be requested prior tointerview:</p> <p>a. All clinical competencies.b. 80% of the 450 supervised clinical practice hours (360 hours)</p> <p>Trainee clinical psychologists are eligible to apply for and to be shortlisted for interview and to be offered qualified posts when they are in their third year of training, as they will have completed their core clinical competencies by this stage of the course.</p>   <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are the Mental Health &amp; Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.</p>
<p>From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.</p>
<p>We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.</p>
<p>We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.</p>
<p>We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>24 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £46,148 to £60,504 a year
      
        per annum
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Full-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>346-TSA-175-24-C</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Parkside CMHRC</p>
      <p>Park Road North</p>
      <p>Middlesbrough</p>
            <p>TS1 3LF</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.</p>
<p>The post holder will have a key role in providing psychological assessments as well as a therapeutic, consultative and advisory service in relation to adults and their families and carers, according to identified clinical need. In addition to direct clinical work, providing consultation and where necessary clinical supervision to other team members in regard to patients is an important element of the role.</p>
<p>Psychologists &amp; Psychological Therapists provide key leadership roles within the Trust. To support this we have developed leadership profiles for each psychology band and the profile card associated with this post is attached on NHS Jobs. You can find more information about the NHS Leadership Academys Healthcare Leadership Model and the profiles at their website. We encourage you to look at these resources as they will play a part in the interview process.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.</p>
<p>The post holder will have a key role in providing psychological assessments as well as a therapeutic, consultative and advisory service in relation to adults and their families and carers, according to identified clinical need. In addition to direct clinical work, providing consultation and where necessary clinical supervision to other team members in regard to patients is an important element of the role.</p>
<p>Psychologists &amp; Psychological Therapists provide key leadership roles within the Trust. To support this we have developed leadership profiles for each psychology band and the profile card associated with this post is attached on NHS Jobs. You can find more information about the NHS Leadership Academys Healthcare Leadership Model and the profiles at their website. We encourage you to look at these resources as they will play a part in the interview process.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.</li>
        
        <li>HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of continuing professional development</li>
        
        <li>Trained in clinical supervision (within agreed  timescale)</li>
        
        <li>Trained in care co-ordination (within agreed  timescale)</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Registration with BPS</li>
          
          <li>Post-graduate qualification  showing evidence of supervised  practice in an evidence-based  psychological therapeutic model</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Working as a psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.</li>
        
        <li>Working with mental health/learning disability  clients (depending on designated service area)</li>
        
        <li>Multi-disciplinary team working</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies</li>
          
          <li>Experience of CBT, DBT,  Psychodynamics, systematic  therapy</li>
          
          <li>Experience of research and  audit</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Knowledge / Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Risk assessment and risk management</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.</li>
        
        <li>Communicate highly complex and highly sensitive information effectively, to a wide range of people</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.</li>
          
          <li>HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of continuing professional development</li>
          
          <li>Trained in clinical supervision (within agreed  timescale)</li>
          
          <li>Trained in care co-ordination (within agreed  timescale)</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Registration with BPS</li>
            
            <li>Post-graduate qualification  showing evidence of supervised  practice in an evidence-based  psychological therapeutic model</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Working as a psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.</li>
          
          <li>Working with mental health/learning disability  clients (depending on designated service area)</li>
          
          <li>Multi-disciplinary team working</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies</li>
            
            <li>Experience of CBT, DBT,  Psychodynamics, systematic  therapy</li>
            
            <li>Experience of research and  audit</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge / Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Risk assessment and risk management</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.</li>
          
          <li>Communicate highly complex and highly sensitive information effectively, to a wide range of people</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Parkside CMHRC</p>
      <p>Park Road North</p>
      <p>Middlesbrough</p>
            <p>TS1 3LF</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
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        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Parkside CMHRC</p>
          <p>Park Road North</p>
          <p>Middlesbrough</p>
                    <p>TS1 3LF</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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