Practitioner Psychologist | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Sutton; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in the UK is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to provide evidence-based psychological assessments and interventions for parents and infants in neonatal units. Responsibilities include supervising staff, providing specialist advice, and conducting service audits. This role requires an accredited psychological professional with experience in assessments and interventions. This position is crucial for supporting the mental health of families and training staff within the neonatal units.

Qualifications

• Accredited psychological professional.
• Experience in psychological assessment and interventions.
• Ability to work autonomously within professional guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and interventions in neonatal units.
• Provide psychological advice to multi-disciplinary teams.
• Support training of neonatal staff teams.
• Supervise Assistant Psychologist/Trainee Psychologists.
• Participate in service audit and evaluation.

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Contract structure: Proportional split of duties — 0.45 FTE dedicated to NNU at St Helier Hospital; 0.35 FTE to support an inpatient service at both QMCH and Epsoms Hospital.

Application and deadlines

Provisional interview date: Monday 13th October.

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.

Closing

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

This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025