Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London is seeking a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist to provide psychological assessments and interventions for children with neurodevelopmental difficulties. This role involves working within a multidisciplinary team and supporting families dealing with complex feeding issues. Candidates should have a BSc in Psychology, a doctorate in clinical psychology, and experience in delivering specialized assessments. Competitive salary offered.

Qualifications

• Experience of providing psychological treatment for children with neurodevelopmental difficulties.
• Ability to maintain professionalism in distressing situations.
• Knowledge of legislation related to client care.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Input into the Complex Feeding Team for children with feeding difficulties.

Skills

Experience delivering psychological assessments

Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists

Ability to cope with challenging caseloads

Education

BSc (Hons) in Psychology

Doctorate level qualification in clinical psychology

HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist

The closing date is 03 August 2025

We are an innovative and welcoming team who are looking for an enthusiastic psychologist to join our Complex Neurodevelopmental Service, including the Complex Feeding Team, at the Evelina Children's Hospital.

This is a great opportunity to work collaboratively in embedded multidisciplinary teams to provide specialist assessments, consultation and intervention for children from the South East regions and beyond. The service also provides a clinic for children with complex feeding difficulties including those with a diagnosis of ARFID.

We see children and young people with a range of suspected developmental needs which are often complex and multiple in nature (including autism, epilepsy, attention, learning, behaviour that challenges and other complex medical health presentations). The ideal post holder would be experienced in working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties such as autism.

This is a permanent 0.5FTE (2 1/2 day) post.

Main duties of the job

To provide highly specialist psychological assessments based on appropriate use of a range methods (including cognitive assessment, validated tests (e.g. ADOS-2), self-report measures, rating scales, observations and clinical interviews with children, families and other agencies)

To work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide high quality integrated care, contributing to diagnosis and formulation of young people's neurodevelopmental and mental health needs.

To provide input into the Complex Feeding Team, including intervention to families of children with feeding difficulties.

To provide recommendations for support based on psychological formulation and evidence base.

Offer psychological assessments and intervention of children and young people presenting with neurodevelopmental needs such as autism and associated difficulties as part of a multidisciplinary team clinic

Supervision of assistant, trainee and undergraduate psychology students

For full details please see job description.

About us

Guy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Knowledge / Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) in Psychology
• Doctorate level qualification in clinical psychology, counselling psychology, educational psychology or health psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS)
• HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist
• Eligible for Full membership of the BPS division of clinical, health, educational and child or counselling psychology
• Trained in the use of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)

Additional Information

• Willingness to broaden range of skills and take initiative in both own professional development and the development of the service
• Experience delivering highly skilled psychological assessments (including psychometric), interventions, follow-up and data monitoring utilising at least 2 therapeutic/intervention models including CBT.
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists including post-graduate students and other disciplines.
• Experience of providing both group based and individual interventions using evidence based psychological approaches
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties and a range of psychological needs of a complex nature, including those with feeding issues.
• Experience of representing psychology in a multidisciplinary or multiagency context (e.g. health, education, social care)

Skills

• Ability to cope with challenging caseloads and ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner with appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision.
• Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for children and young people with a complex interplay of physical and mental health difficulties

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£64,156 to £71,148 a yearper annum incl. HCA (pro rata)