We are seeking an experienced and values-driven leader to join us as Chief Psychological Professions Officer (CPPO) in a job-share arrangement. This is a senior leadership opportunity to provide strategic and professional leadership for Psychological Professions across the Trust while helping shape a compassionate, inclusive and high-performing culture.
This role offers the opportunity to lead at senior level within a flexible working model that promotes resilience, continuity and visible inclusive leadership. It will appeal to applicants who bring strong professional credibility, collaborative leadership, and a commitment to workforce wellbeing, quality and innovation.
The post is offered as a shared-accountability model, with two experienced leaders jointly holding the CPPO portfolio, supported by clear governance, communication and performance arrangements.
In this post, you will lead on psychological professional governance, contribute to corporate leadership, shape workforce strategy for Psychological Professions, and support quality, safety, assurance and system partnership working across the wider health and care landscape. The CPPO role is strategically complex and highly influential. It carries significant professional accountability and requires confident leadership across governance, assurance, workforce strategy, service development and partnership working. It is a role for someone who can build trusted relationships, provide expert advice and lead with credibility across a complex organisation. In this senior role the postholder will also provide senior Therapies leadership across the Therapies portfolio, including deputising for the Executive Director of Therapies when required.
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
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.
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.
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.
18 June 2026
Agenda for change
Band 9
£112,782 to £129,783 a year pro rata, per annum
Permanent
Job share
346-CORP-066-26
Main Trust Site - to be negotiated
Main Trust Site - to be negotiated
DL2 2TS
United Kingdom
The Chief Psychological Professions Officer opportunity is designed as a shared Trust-wide leadership role delivered by two jointly appointed postholders, usually at 0.5 WTE each or another agreed split, working to one job description with shared objectives, accountability and appraisal arrangements. Together they will provide collective leadership across the full CPPO portfolio, including professional governance, workforce and culture, strategic development, psychological professions leadership, and system partnership working, while using complementary working patterns, clear handovers and regular overlap time to ensure continuity, consistent decision-making and visible senior leadership across the Trust.You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, due to the part time hours the starting salary for this role would not meet the required salary threshold for this post to be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care (Skilled Worker) visa. Health and Care Worker visa.
Please note that interviews are provisionally booked to take place on 7th August 2026, however, this will be confirmed once shortlisting is completed.
This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.
The Chief Psychological Professions Officer opportunity is designed as a shared Trust-wide leadership role delivered by two jointly appointed postholders, usually at 0.5 WTE each or another agreed split, working to one job description with shared objectives, accountability and appraisal arrangements. Together they will provide collective leadership across the full CPPO portfolio, including professional governance, workforce and culture, strategic development, psychological professions leadership, and system partnership working, while using complementary working patterns, clear handovers and regular overlap time to ensure continuity, consistent decision-making and visible senior leadership across the Trust.You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, due to the part time hours the starting salary for this role would not meet the required salary threshold for this post to be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care (Skilled Worker) visa. Health and Care Worker visa.
Please note that interviews are provisionally booked to take place on 7th August 2026, however, this will be confirmed once shortlisting is completed.
This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.
- Possession of a doctoral level professional degree in Applied Psychology or equivalent qualification as Psychological Profession.
- Possession of a post- graduate management or leadership qualification/ masters degree or equivalent
- Evidence of substantial continuing professional and personal development
- Extensive experience of interpreting and implementing national policy, guidance and standards within a healthcare organisation.
- Extensive experience of leading organisational change, including internal and external consultation processes.
- Extensive experience of representing a healthcare organisation at external forums.
- Excellent leadership skills including highly developed communication, facilitation and negotiation skills.
- Extensive knowledge of the NHS policy environment at local, regional and national level.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Possession of a doctoral level professional degree in Applied Psychology or equivalent qualification as Psychological Profession.
- Possession of a post- graduate management or leadership qualification/ masters degree or equivalent
- Evidence of substantial continuing professional and personal development
- Extensive experience of interpreting and implementing national policy, guidance and standards within a healthcare organisation.
- Extensive experience of leading organisational change, including internal and external consultation processes.
- Extensive experience of representing a healthcare organisation at external forums.
- Excellent leadership skills including highly developed communication, facilitation and negotiation skills.
- Extensive knowledge of the NHS policy environment at local, regional and national level.
- Excellent project management skills.
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.
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).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
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).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Main Trust Site - to be negotiated
Main Trust Site - to be negotiated
DL2 2TS
United Kingdom
https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Main Trust Site - to be negotiated
Main Trust Site - to be negotiated
DL2 2TS
United Kingdom
https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
