Senior Clinical Psychologist

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

Job summary

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join their Paediatric Disorders of Sexual Development service. The role involves conducting assessments, implementing treatment plans, and supporting the multidisciplinary team. Candidates must have relevant qualifications and experience, providing a key service in a supportive environment focused on children's health.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Pension schemes

Health and wellbeing programmes

Exclusive discounts for staff

Qualifications

• Experience with children in health settings.
• Clinical supervision and training expertise.
• Multi-disciplinary team working commitment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments for clients referred to the DSD team.
• Deliver psychological interventions tailored to clients' needs.
• Provide supervision and input to ongoing hospital projects.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Team collaboration

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Registration with the HPC as a Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Go back Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 13 July 2025

We are looking for someone to join us at Sheffield Children's, providing support to our Paediatric Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD) service. You will become part of a well-established, supportive team that provides regional and national specialist services across a range of paediatric and neurodevelopmental areas.

You will deliver ward-based assessments and interventions within a well-established acute medical multidisciplinary setting, and offer valuable support to other acute services across the Trust. You will also provide supervision and contribute to the ongoing development of Paediatric Psychology and hospital-wide projects.

About You:

Registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist

Experience working with children with health conditions is desirable, as is working with those experiencing DSD

Informal visits and enquiries are warmly welcomed.

Main duties of the job

Reporting into the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist, your responsibilities will include:

Conduct specialist psychological assessments for clients referred to the DSD team, using a variety of data sources, including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, observations, and interviews with clients and involved parties.

Take autonomous professional responsibility for implementing psychological treatment and management plans based on a conceptual framework, considering the family and wider system.

Deliver a range of psychological interventions to individuals, carers, families, and groups, adapting formulations and drawing on multiple explanatory models.

Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, considering theoretical and therapeutic models, along with complex historical and developmental factors affecting the individual, family, or group.

About us

At Sheffield Children's, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are Outstanding Patient Care, Brilliant Place to Work, and Leaders in Children's Health.

We work with partners across local, regional, and national levels to deliver physical and mental healthcare in both acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are nationally and internationally recognised for their expertise.

We're proud that 73% of colleagues would recommend Sheffield Children's as a place to work, placing us among the top five NHS trusts in England -- and the top-ranked trust in the North East and Yorkshire -- in the latest NHS Staff Survey.

Our nearly 4,000 colleagues bring our CARE values -- Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence -- to life every day, creating a kind, welcoming environment where patients and families feel safe and supported.

As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we're excited to keep building our leadership in children's health, improve experiences for patients and staff, and focus on our communities and population health.

We also offer excellent benefits to support your wellbeing, with generous annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing programmes, and exclusive discounts -- helping you thrive at work and beyond.

Job responsibilities

For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification.

Please note that Sheffield Children's uplift pay to meet the Real Living Wage, which is £12.60 per hour.

Diversity Statement

At Sheffield Childrens, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and supports everyones success. We prioritise Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in our recruitment practices, creating a welcoming space for people of all backgrounds, including ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ members.

Recognising that inclusivity is an ongoing effort, we review our processes and welcome feedback to enhance our practices. A diverse team strengthens our organisation and the quality of care we deliver. For ideas on how we can improve, please contact our Recruitment Manager at [e-mail]. Together, were building a workplace where everyone belongs.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• oDoctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
• oFurther specialist supervision in specific psychological approaches and or client groups supported by case presentations, group supervision and short courses. as part of an agreed personal development plan
• oRegistration with the HPC as a Clinical Psychologist (or other relevant domain as agreed by the Director of Psychological Services)
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Experience

• oExperience of specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with psychological and mental health problems and their families in physical health settings.
• oExperience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems across the full age range, reflecting all levels of severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. oDemonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months, or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychological Services
• oCommitment to multi-disciplinary team working - team player.
• Experience of working within paediatric physical health settings
• Experience of working into Burns and Neurosurgical pathways
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts

Knowledge

• oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• oWell-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• oSkills in providing consultation to other professional & non-professional groups.
• oDoctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• oEvidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc). High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health. Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

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.

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

425-25-7066792-A

Job locations

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust