Clinical Psychologist - Children Diabetes

NHS; England; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a part-time Clinical Psychologist specializing in Children and Young Peoples (CYP) Diabetes. The role involves providing psychological services to children and adolescents facing complex challenges associated with diabetes. Responsibilities include formulating treatment plans and implementing psychological interventions within a multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate will have doctoral training in clinical psychology and be registered with the HCPC. Salary ranges from £47,810 to £54,710 per annum, pro-rata based on a part-time schedule.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including CBT.
• Registration with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Continuous professional development and post qualification training.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and implement plans for psychological treatment.
• Implement psychological interventions for children and families.
• Evaluate treatment options considering complex historical and social factors.

Skills

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Psychological interventions

Complex psychological assessment

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Job Summary

We are recruiting for a Clinical Psychologist - Children and Young Peoples (CYP) Diabetes who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Your role will be to provide a qualified clinical psychology service to children, adolescents and their families with complex psychological difficulties associated with a diagnosis of diabetes.

You will be working within the context of a multi-disciplinary team in the Children's and Young People's Diabetes Service within the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Children's Services enhancing its capacity to assess and meet the psychological needs of the client group.

Main Duties

• Formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patient's mental health needs based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patient's problems.
• Be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individual children, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical, physiological/medical, social and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

About Us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient‑led Trust where dedicated staff provide high‑quality, compassionate care to our patients.

Details

• Date posted: 21 January 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
• Band: 7
• Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part‑time
• Reference number: 361-7723828
• Job locations: Lister Hospital, Corey Mill Lane, Stevenage, SG1 4AB

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications / Training

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), including training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
• Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Post qualification training in one or more specialised areas of practice.