Clinical/Practitioner Psychologist in Paediatrics

St George's University Hospitals; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is looking for a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist to join their Paediatric Psychological Therapies Team. This role involves delivering high-quality psychological services to families in neonatal units and those affected by child loss. Candidates should have expertise in psychological assessment and intervention, particularly in physical health and bereavement contexts. The role offers unique professional development opportunities in a supportive and diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing psychological services within neonatal and child bereavement context.
• Ability to support clinical team members through advice and consultation.
• Understanding of various therapeutic modalities including CBT and trauma-focused interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality specialist psychology service to babies and families.
• Conduct psychological assessments and formulate care plans.
• Offer individual, family, and group interventions.

Skills

Psychological assessment and intervention

Working with families in bereavement

Confidence in physical health settings

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist in Paediatrics (Neonatal Units 0.7 wte and Child Death Review/Bereavement Service 0.3 wte)Band 8a

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Practitioner Psychologist to join the Paediatric Psychological Therapies Team (PPTS) St George's Hospital covering maternity leave. Through this split role, you will be providing a high-quality specialist psychology service to babies and families within the Neonatal Units as well as to families affected by the death of their child through the Child Death Review and Bereavement Service. The role will include highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention as well as offering advice and consultation on psychological aspects of care to other health professionals and supporting clinical team members.

The successful candidate will provide a specialist clinical psychology service, working closely with consultants and allied health professionals. The role includes psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions on a predominantly inpatient basis for neonatal care and outpatient basis for the child bereavement service.

We are looking for someone who is confident in working within a physical health setting and/or work with babies, young people and their families, who is keen to develop clinical skills in the psychology of health conditions, end of life care and bereavement support.

Main duties of the job

Job responsibilitiesThe full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please see those attached.

As a psychological therapies team we draw on a range of therapeutic modalities including Narrative, CBT, Systemic, ACT, compassion focussed therapy and trauma focused interventions. There are opportunities to work in creative, formulation‑driven ways with young people and families. You will be offering individual, family, parent and group psychological interventions, as well as working within St George's MDTs and with external agencies.

There is a strong commitment to continuing professional development in line with job planning. A range of academic teaching is offered within the department as well as special interest groups. Utilisation of research skills for audit, policy and service development and research is encouraged. As the post is fixed‑term we will be thinking with you about your development within and beyond this contracted post to support your career.

St George's is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed. We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long‑term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently.

We are a thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.

Weexpect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflect these.