Paediatric Clinical Psychologist

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Gorleston-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare institution in Gorleston-on-Sea is seeking a Paediatric Clinical Psychologist to join their multi-disciplinary team. This role offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced psychologist to conduct assessments and contribute to neurodevelopmental pathways for children with diverse needs. Candidates should have doctoral-level training and registration with HCPC, along with skills in psychological assessment and effective communication. This part-time permanent position offers a salary between £55,690 and £62,682 per annum pro rata.

Qualifications

• Professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Doctoral level training including models of psychopathology.
• Post-qualification training in applicable therapies.

Responsibilities

• Complete specialist psychological assessments for NDD pathways.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide consultation and psychological input across community services.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Communication skills

Time management

Consultation skills

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Professional registration with the HCPC

Job description

Go back James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatric Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 04 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and passionate Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (Band 8a) to join the Paediatric Community Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team at James Paget Hospital. We are a specialist multi-disciplinary team, passionate about developing services and completing high quality and clinically rigorous assessments. We cover the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area.

You will play a key role in our newly launched Neurodevelopmental (NDD) pathways, offering assessment, formulation, and diagnosis for children and young people with neurodiverse presentations, including Autism, ADHD, and associated developmental needs.

Main duties of the job

• Complete specialist psychological assessments as part of multi-disciplinary NDD diagnostic pathways.
• Contribute expert formulation to support accurate, compassionate, timely diagnoses.
• Work closely with paediatricians, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and education partners.
• Provide consultation, supervision and psychological input across the wider community paediatrics service.
• Support pathway development, quality improvement and evidence-based practice as the service grows.
• Work collaboratively with families, listening to their experiences and advocating for their needs.

If you are passionate about improving the lives of neurodiverse children and their families and want to be part of an ambitious and developing service, we would love to hear from you.

This post could either be appointed as a Band 7 preceptorship working towards an 8a position, or at an 8a depending upon skills and experience. Responsibilities and supervision will be adjusted accordingly.

About us

We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the Job Description and person specification for further details of main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
• Eligible for Full Membership of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology.
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in other fields of applied psychology.
• Post-qualification training in approaches and therapies appropriate for the Neurodevelopmental context e.g. working with attachment, trauma, systems/ family therapy and bereavement.

Knowledge and Experience

• Specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
• Undertaking psychological assessment and interventions relating to Neurodevelopmental service area.
• Working with a wide variety of patient groups within this specialism, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care.
• Working clinically in health and medical settings relevant to service area.
• Working effectively with other professionals in multidisciplinary settings.
• Experience working psychologically with a client group or in a setting relevant to Neurodevelopmental Psychology e.g. Paediatrics, Infant mental health, working with families, Perinatal or Maternity settings.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of line managing psychological staff.
• Experience of working through an interpreter.

Skills and Knowledge

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment intervention and management.
• Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi‑media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Good time management and prioritisation skills.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non‑professional groups.
• 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.

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.

Address

James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part‑time

Reference number

177‑ELEC‑7661790

Job locations

James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust