Senior Clinical Psychologist in Paediatric Clinical Psychology

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Senior Clinical Psychologist to join their innovative team. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of children and young people with epilepsy, providing essential psychological services and support. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to the development and evaluation of psychological interventions. With a commitment to flexible working arrangements, this position allows for a balance between professional responsibilities and personal commitments, making it an ideal opportunity for those passionate about driving change in clinical psychology.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous relocation package

Flexible working hours

Confidential counselling support

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology required.
• Experience in psychological assessment and treatment of children essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological advice and consultation to professionals.
• Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping and data entry.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Clinical psychometrics

Research methodology

Communication skills

Consultation skills

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Qualifications in research methodology

Job description

Senior Clinical Psychologist in Paediatric Clinical Psychology

Band 8a

Main area: Paediatrics Psychology

Grade: Band 8a

Contract: 12 months (Fixed term or secondment)

Hours: Full time / Part time (37.5 hours per week, flexible and hybrid working available)

Job ref: 419-6747758-SCP-FH-A

Site: York Hospital

Town: York

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing date: 12/01/2025 23:59

Our Values

• We are KIND
• We are OPEN
• We pursue EXCELLENCE

We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, delivering safe effective care to our local population.

The project seeks to make a real change for children and young people with epilepsy across our ICS and we are looking for a Clinical Psychologist with a passion for driving change and innovation who can continue the valuable work that has been started on this project (newly qualified Psychologists with strong leadership skills would also be considered for this position).

You would be working within a team of experienced Clinical Psychologists based at York Hospital. Integral to the post is networking with CYP services across the ICS. The successful post holder will also hold a clinical caseload to support the wider remit of the paediatric psychology service.

The focus of the role is to continue embedding the screening and psychological interventions into routine practice and to support the evaluation of the project through data collection and reporting.

Main duties of the job

To provide a qualified Clinical Psychology Service to children and young people with Epilepsy and their families:

• Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing to patients’ formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plans.
• Use research skills for audit, policy and service development, leading on research projects.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to the specific patient group, mental health, clinical paediatric psychology, health psychology and neuropsychology in general.
• Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry, recording, report writing.
• Work within professional guidelines, overall frameworks and policies and procedures for Psychology in Child Health.
• Variable working conditions including in a patient’s own home, school and outpatient setting.

Person specification

Education

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology including models of child and adolescent psychology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies as accredited by the BPS and HCPC.
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, young people and families across various care settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups presenting problems across the full range of clinical severity.
• Experience of working with Clinical Health populations.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.

Skills

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management requiring sustained concentration.
• Well-developed skills in communicating complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex data analysis.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient groups.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to teach and train others using a variety of complex multi-media materials.
• Ability to work as a team member and show flexibility and adaptability.

DBS Checks

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Please note, the selection processes at York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values.

Agile and Flexible Working

We are committed to helping all staff balance their work with other commitments.

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

All our employees have access to a free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support service.

Relocation Package

The Trust offers a generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) for hard to fill positions.

A bit more about us and the surrounding area

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated in a fantastic part of the country.