Clinical Psychologist (Band 7)

Sirona care & health CIC; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Hybrid/remote work possible

Job summary

Sirona care & health CIC in the NHS community paediatrics network is seeking a part-time Band 7 Clinical Psychologist for a 12-month maternity cover. You will join Community Paediatric and Lifetime teams delivering specialist psychology services to children with complex disabilities, working across BNSSG locations and family homes/schools.

The role offers flexible working, part-time pattern, specialist supervision in CBT/Systemic/EMDR, funded CPD, and opportunities to develop practice with

Qualifications

• Experience of clinical work with children, young people and families within a CAMHS or physical health setting.
• Experience of generating individual and systemic formulations and delivering psychological interventions using a range of theoretical / evidence-based models.
• Able to assess the psychological needs of children and young people including the use of cognitive and developmental psychometric tests in a physical health setting.
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the psychological implications of acute and long term medical conditions for babies, children young people and their families.
• Ability to communicate highly complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner (written, verbal, electronic)
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles of a clinical psychologist in relation to a patient/ their family/ the staff teams/ and the wider organisational systems around them.
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information for children, young people and their carers in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations including end of life care.
• The ability to provide consultation and teaching/training on psychological matters to a broad range of professionals.
• Experience of clinical work with infants, children and/or young people with acute /long term medical conditions.
• Experience of psychological debriefs and reflective practice.
• Experience of involvement in clinical audit, research and service evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist clinical psychology service for children with complex disabilities and life-limiting conditions, their families and staff teams.
• Share psychological knowledge with multi-professional teams through joint working, consultation, supervision, training and service development.
• Participate in research and audit activity, and supervise others carrying these out as required.
• Provide clinical supervision and training for assistant psychologists and other staff as requested.
• Advise and work with other Psychologists to develop and implement service developments, policies, protocols and guidelines.
• Travel to family homes and schools across BNSSG as required.

Skills

CAMHS clinical experience

Formulations

Cognitive/developmental tests

Medical conditions awareness

Communication skills

Consultation & training

Audit/research experience

Pediatric psychology

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

CPD post-qualification

Job description

We are delighted to be recruiting a part time (25.5 hours per week) Band 7 Clinical Psychologist for a 12 month maternity cover to join our Community Paediatric and Lifetime teams.

These specialist community paediatric psychology services offer complex psychological assessment and intervention to young people living with a variety of complex disabilities and life-limiting/threatening conditions, and their families and MDTs.

You’ll be welcomed into a small team of Clinical Psychologists, a Systemic Family Therapist, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, and Trainee Art Therapists.

You’ll also join the wider Children’s Psychology Service, which includes psychologists working across Autism and ADHD Assessment, Neurodiversity Support, Community Paediatrics, Lifetime, School Nursing, and specialist nursing for teenage fathers, offering rich opportunities for collaboration and shared learning.

Our Heads of Psychology are dedicated to compassionate and inclusive leadership. We place high value on creating a psychologically safe, nurturing working environment where staff wellbeing and development truly matters.

We offer:

• Flexible working options, including working from home for part of the week
• The ability to adapt your working pattern to suit personal responsibilities
• Specialist group supervisionin CBT (BABCP-accredited), Systemic, and EMDR, in addition to regular1:1 clinical supervision
• Excellent funded CPD opportunities to support your continued growth and expertise

Main duties of the job

• Provision, development and evaluation of a highly specialist clinical psychology service for children and young people with complex disabilities and life threatening/limiting conditions, siblings, parents/carers and staff teams.
• To share with the multi professional clinical teams, through joint working, consultation, supervision, training and service development activities, psychological knowledge and skills to enable individualised psychological care in partnership with service users and their families.
• To participate in research and audit activity, and supervise others carrying these out as required.
• To provide clinical supervision and training for assistant psychologists and other staff as requested.
• To advise and work with the other Clinical Psychologists in Lifetime/Community Paediatrics and Head of Sirona’s Children’s Psychology Services to develop and implement: service developments, policies, protocols and guidelines.

The successful applicant will be working from multiple locations across BNSSG. Traveling to family homes and schools will also be required.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you’re starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don’t be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Skills, Experience and Knowledge Required

• Experience of clinical work with children, young people and families within a CAMHS or physical health setting.
• Experience of generating individual and systemic formulations and delivering psychological interventions using a range of theoretical / evidence-based models.
• Able to assess the psychological needs of children and young people including the use of cognitive and developmental psychometric tests in a physical health setting
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the psychological implications of acute and long term medical conditions for babies, children young people and their families
• Ability to communicate highly complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner (written, verbal, electronic)
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles of a clinical psychologist in relation to a patient/ their family/ the staff teams/ and the wider organisational systems around them.
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information for children, young people and their carers in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations including end of life care.
• The ability to provide consultation and teaching/training on psychological matters to a broad range of professionals.
• Experience of clinical work with infants, children and/or young people with acute /long term medical conditions.
• Experience of psychological debriefs and reflective practice.
• Experience of involvement in clinical audit, research and service evaluation.

Qualifications and Training Required

• Doctorate level training in Clinical Psychology
• Appropriate CPD post-qualification (if applicable)

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.

£49,387 to £56,515 a yearpro rata, per annum