Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Warrington; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Staff health programmes

Job summary

Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join their paediatric psychology services in a split 0.7 WTE and 0.3 WTE arrangement. The role is based in Warrington with local clinics and inpatient care for complex cases.

The post requires doctoral training in clinical psychology, HCPC registration, and a track record of working with children, young people and families.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies.
• Registered with the HCPC.
• Experience with children, adolescents and families across care settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people with complex needs.
• Work with multidisciplinary colleagues to support young people and families.
• Contribute to service development and provide consultation and training.

Skills

Complex psychological assessment

Clinical communication

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

HCPC registered

Job description

Main area Community & Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (0.7 WTE into CYPGS; 0.3 WTE into Clinical Health Psychology) Job ref 411-NEI-26-8375344

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Mandarin Court Town Warrington Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 08:00

Clinical Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

• Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit Health and Care Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Psychologist to join two innovative and highly specialist paediatric psychology services at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

This unique split post combines 0.7 WTE within the Children's and Young People's Gender Service (CYPGS) based in Warrington, and 0.3 WTE within Clinical Health Psychology supporting children, young people and families accessing the Differences of Sex Development (DSD) service at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

The successful applicant will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people presenting with a range of complex emotional, psychological and developmental needs. They will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to support young people and families, contribute to service development and provide consultation and training across systems.

We are looking for a compassionate and reflective clinician who is committed to evidence-based practice, collaborative working and improving outcomes for children and young people.

Main duties of the job

The main duties for this role are provided in the attached job description

The CYPGS base is Mandarin Court, Centre Park, Warrington which includes the following benefits:

• Free parking and free EV charging
• Short walk from Warrington Bank Quay station
• Bicycle storage and on site changing facilities

• Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit Health and Care Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The main responsibilities for this role are provided in the attached job description/person specification.

The role is well suited to someone who enjoys working systemically with families and professional networks, values multidisciplinary collaboration and wishes to contribute to the development of nationally significant specialist services.

Person specification

Education and Training

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Registered with the HCPC.
• Prequalification training and qualifications in research methodology staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Other requirements

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework

Experience

• Doctoral knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research, methodology, research design and complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families across the full range of care settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and possible physical aggression.
• Experience of working with children, young people and families presenting with complex psychological, emotional or adjustment difficulties associated with long-term health conditions and/or specialist paediatric services
• Experience of multidisciplinary working involving complex assessment, formulation and collaborative care planning.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to young people and mental health
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in those groups with complex presentations e.g. dual diagnoses, children and adolescents with additional disabilities.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience working with children and young people experiencing gender incongruence or gender-related distress
• Experience of working within specialist paediatric services and/or differences of sex development services
• Experience of delivering group interventions, training or consultation.

Skills and abilities

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children and young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and multi-agency systems.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.