8a Clinical Psychologist in Paediatric Psychology

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a dedicated Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join their Paediatric Psychology Team in Leicester. The role involves working with young patients facing combined physical and mental health challenges, ensuring comprehensive care through collaboration with medical teams. This position promises valuable opportunities for professional development and reflective practice in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working policy

Continuous professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and interventions for children and families.
• Offer training and consultation to other health professionals.
• Engage in research and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Experience with children

Assessment skills

Psychological intervention

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

8a Clinical Psychologist in Paediatric Psychology

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and committed candidate to apply for this Band 8a post to work within our Paediatric Liaison Team.

This is a team that works with young people with joint physical and mental health presentations, including unexplained medical symptoms and functional neurological disorders.

The team includes, nursing, OT, family therapy, senior psychology and psychiatry time. Therefore you will be working with colleagues with a similar remit, ensuring multi-disciplinary oversight and coordination of the care offered.

The role involves high levels of joint working with Leicester Children's Hospital staff and includes consultation, training and supervision.

The Liaison Team sits within a larger Paediatric Psychology Team. We are a specialist team, in a larger CAMHS provision within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

You will be based within the Department of Paediatric Psychology, but will be required to deliver services at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and other community venues.

This is an exciting opportunity to join colleagues at Leicester Children's Hospital in providing specialist care to children and young people with complex health needs.

As a department, we have a strong ethos of reflective practice including team care spaces, regular CPD and case discussion sessions, peer supervision and specialist safeguarding supervision.

Main duties of the job

The current vacancy will sit largely within General Paediatrics, but will also involve working more directly with some other medical specialties within the Children's Hospital.

The post offers an exciting opportunity to join a well-established team of Psychologists working in conjunction with medical multi-disciplinary teams, providing psychological assessment and interventions to children, young people and families who are living with complex and long-term health needs.

The post also involves providing consultation and liaison to staff at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and other Community and Mental Health professionals.

Other duties include teaching and training, research and quality improvement activities.Applicants with experience of working with children and who are interested in the relationship between physical and mental health are encouraged to apply.

For more details please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.