Clinical PsychologistNHS

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.

Job description

• 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.

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