Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist in Newcastle upon Tyne

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Clinical Psychologist or Consultant Psychological Therapist within the Personality Disorder Hub in the North East of England. This is a well‑established service within the Specialist Care Group and has a well‑defined clinical strategy. You will join the service at an exciting time with opportunity to influence and support service innovations and developments in relation to Trust wide and National drivers for change.

The Hub Team comprises a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, psychological therapists, community practitioners, and a speech and language therapist. There are also plans to expand the team further with the introduction of an occupational therapist.

• Care coordination/case management and treatment for a limited number of service users.
• Evidence‑based psychological therapies – predominantly Structured Clinical Management (SCM) and trauma stabilisation, whilst drawing strongly on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT). These are delivered in adapted form during the most unstable phase of a service user’s care pathway.
• Scaffolding (indirect joint working, governance and training) to other CNTW staff who are also working with service users presenting with personality difficulties.

As the consultant psychologist you will be responsible for professional leadership and clinical strategy for the service. You will work collectively as part of the Hub’s leadership team with the Clinical Manager and Team Lead to support the delivery of high quality, efficient and effective clinical care. You will work strategically with Associate Directors to review and develop service provision to meet the needs of service users in the context of Trust priorities, National guidance and drivers.

Working broadly across the Trust, you will provide expert opinion on complex cases and provide organisational advice where required. You will have significant experience working with service users who have personality, relational and emotional difficulties, who present with significant risk. You will be well versed in risk assessment and management and have in‑depth knowledge of enhanced safety planning.

The team has a strong commitment to clinical excellence, professional wellbeing and building resilience for what can undoubtedly be challenging roles. You will support innovations for service delivery and staff wellbeing while leading on and strengthening the open and positive culture of the team. As a team we welcome diversity and celebrate individual differences. We have a strong reflective culture, providing protected time and forums for learning, growth and development.

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.

Required qualifications as listed in corresponding personal specification to professional background.

• Extensive and highly specialist knowledge and clinical skills in working with service users who present with complex personality, relational and emotional difficulties, who also present with significant risk to self.
• Extensive and highly specialist knowledge and clinical skills in working with service users who have experienced significant trauma.
• Specialist knowledge and clinical skills in working with service users who present with comorbidities, e.g. dissociation, neurodivergence, substance misuse, etc.
• Experience in providing scaffolding, advice and consultation to MDTs for those presenting with complex personal, emotional and relational difficulties.
• Ability to engage in delivery of formal and informal teaching and training for multi‑disciplinary staff.
• Significant experience in delivering evidence‑based psychological therapies related to the population, e.g. SCM, DBT, MBT, etc.
• Evidence of substantial CPD in specialist areas relevant to this field of practice.
• Demonstrate a special interest in personality difficulties, trauma and managing high levels of risk to self.
• Experience in contributing to the strategic delivery of personality disorder services.

Please find attached job description for full details.

• Advertising date: 10 February 2026
• Closing date: 24 February 2026

We welcome your application.