Paediatric Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional health trust is seeking a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (Band 8a) to join the Paediatric Community Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team. This role involves completing psychological assessments, collaborating with specialists, and contributing to pathway development. Ideal candidates will have the required qualifications and a passion for improving the lives of neurodiverse children and their families, with a pro-rata salary of £55,690 to £62,682.

Qualifications

• Professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Eligible for Full Membership of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology.
• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology.

Responsibilities

• Complete specialist psychological assessments for neurodevelopmental pathways.
• Contribute expert formulation for accurate diagnoses.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Psychological assessment and treatment

Effective communication

Time management

Consultation skills

Education

Professional registration with HCPC

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Full Membership of BPS Division of Clinical Psychology

Job description

Job Summary

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, who are passionate about developing services and completing high quality and clinically rigorous assessments. We cover the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area.

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.

Details

Date posted: 19 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: 8a

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
Lowestoft Road
Gorleston
NR31 6LA

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications Essential:

• 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.

Desirable:

• 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 Essential:

• 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.

Desirable:

• 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 Essential:

• 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Lowestoft Road

Gorleston

NR31 6LA

https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)