Practitioner Psychologist

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Practitioner Psychologist to deliver evidence-based assessments and interventions for parents, infants, and staff in neonatal units. Responsibilities include providing specialist advice to teams, training staff, and supervising assistant psychologists. The ideal candidate will have doctoral level training in clinical psychology and HCPC registration. This role offers a salary of £61,631 to £68,623 annually and a challenging yet rewarding work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision over 18 months.
• Experience across outpatient, community, and inpatient care settings.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and intervention with families and infants within the neonatal units.
• Providing specialist psychological advice to multi-disciplinary teams.
• Supporting and training neonatal staff teams.
• Supervision of assistant psychologists.

Skills

Effective communication

Complex psychological assessment methods

Consultation skills

Understanding of diversity issues

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

HCPC registration

Job description

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Overview

Practitioner Psychologist

The closing date is 01 October 2025

We are seeking a Clinical Psychologist or other accredited psychological professional as a key provider of evidence-based psychological assessment and interventions for parents, infants and staff on the neonatal units at Epsom and St Helier Hospital.

The role will include providing highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention with families within the neonatal unit and paediatric inpatients, offering advice and consultation on psychological aspects of care to other health professionals and supporting clinical team members. The postholder will work autonomously, within recognised professional guidelines as part of the teams. The post holder will be expected to utilise their knowledge of evidence based psychological interventions and research skills to implement audit, research and service development projects. The postholder will also be involved in the training and continuing professional development of clinical psychologists and other health professionals. The postholder will be part of the wider Paediatric Psychology Service and the Trust Clinical health psychology provision.

Please note that 0.45 of this post is dedicated to NNU at St Helier Hospital and the remaining 0.35FTE are to support an inpatient service at both QMCH and Epsom Hospital.

Provisional interview date: Monday 13th October

Main duties of the job

• Assessment and intervention with families and infants within the neonatal units.
• Provision of specialist psychological advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary teams - neonatal and paediatric inpatient
• Supporting and training neonatal staff teams
• Supervision of Assistant Psychologist/Trainee Psychologists
• Liaison with wider specialist services
• Service audit and evaluation
• Participation in wider neonatal network

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.

Person Specification

Training and qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or its equivalent
• HCPC registered

Desirable

• Relevant post-doctoral training

Experience

Essential

• Post-qualification experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision working as a clinical psychologist (or equivalent) over a minimum of 18 months.
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
• Experience of working with MDT
• Experience of service development and innovation

Desirable

• Experience of working in paediatric/medical settings
• Experience of offering staff support

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to children and young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Experience of working with, and addressing issues of diversity - including experience of working within a multicultural framework

Desirable

• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological approaches for specific problems encountered in this setting (e.g. traumatic reactions, bereavements, managing medical settings).

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

Employer name

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Cross site

Wrythe Lane

Sutton

SM5 1AA

Employer's website

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

£61,631 to £68,623 a year Pa incl HCAS Outer pro rata