Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Bristol seeks a Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join their team. This role involves providing psychological services to young patients, contributing to multidisciplinary teams, and participating in training. The position offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

CPD opportunities

Support for health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience working with children/young people with physical health conditions.
• Post qualification experience in clinical work within healthcare settings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and provide access to specialist clinical health psychology services.
• Provide teaching and training for other professionals on psychological knowledge.

Skills

Communication

Assessment

Psychological Formulation

Teaching

Education

Postgraduate qualification in clinical or counselling psychology

Current registration with HCPC

Job description

Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Band 8a

Main area Clinical Psychology Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours 32 hours per week (Full-time, part time, flexible working) Job ref 387-WC8076-LH

Site Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital Town Bristol Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/05/2025 23:59 Interview date 05/06/2025

As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative adaptable clinical psychologist keen to develop experience, knowledge and skills in working in Paediatric Specialties . The permanent post holder will be contributing to the care provided by the lifetime Barth Syndrome Service (0.2FTE) and to the paediatric gastroenterology (0.65FTE) service. There may be additional funding to increase this to 0.85FTE). This is a Band 8A post but could be offered as a Band 7 preceptorship. As a department we offer a full preceptorship development program supervised by the senior psychology team to support development to Band 8A.

Psychological Health Services take pride in their commitment to providing high quality and accessible CPD and access to skilled clinical and peer supervision. Examples of current CPD opportunities include monthly Trustwide departmental CPD meetings, journal clubs and an ACT supervision group. Our commitment to clinical excellence is reflected in our annual cycle of quality outcomes related to a wide portfolio of activity.

As a large department Psychological Health Services provides clinical psychology services to a wide range of specialist multidisciplinary teams. Although the current recruitment is for a specific post, we welcome applications and enquiries from those who are interested in wider opportunities within our portfolio.

Main duties of the job

To develop and provide access to specialist clinical health psychology services for young people and adolescents based o n assessment of psychological needs to generate individualised psychological care programmes. Care will be d elivered through direct and indirect clinical work based in outpatient and inpatient clinical settings. This will include the use of psychometric cognitive assessments

To provide formal and informal teaching and training for other professionals on psychological knowledge and skills applicable in the direct and indirect care of young people, adults and families with physical health conditions

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed overview of the main responsibilities of the role please refer to the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Postgraduate qualification in clinical or counselling psychology recognised for registration by the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist – Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
• Current registration with HCPC

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of working with children/young people who have a physical health condition
• Post qualification experience of clinical work within a health care setting, with individuals who have an acute/long-term medical conditions
• Post qualification experience of working as a practitioner psychologist providing psychological consultation, case management supervision and training to multi-professional and multi-agency teams
• Post qualification experience of working as a practitioner psychologist undertaking consultation and service development work within a multi-disciplinary physical health setting
• Formal teaching / presentation sessions to health and other professionals
• Demonstrable understanding of the implications of acute and long term health conditions for children/young people and their families
• Demonstrable knowledge of legislation and guidance pertaining to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, consent, confidentiality and standards of psychological care within relevant NICE and other guidance
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology
• Experience of supervising qualified practitioner psychologists
• Accredited supervision training
• Experience of working with children/young people in a paediatric service

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to assess the psychological needs of children, young people , adults and their families, including the use of cognitive and developmental psychometric tests
• Ability to generate systemic and individual psychological formulations and interventions based on applying psychological theories and models to the complex information generated by the child, adult family, health and social care systems
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from children, young people and their families in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations. This will include the ability to provide complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner
• Ability to access, record and manage information and data pertaining to the work undertaken in medical and psychology notes, data bases and electronic records as required
• Ability to prioritise and manage available time for clinical work and professional activities effectively and safely
• Able to travel to regional clinics, meetings and home visits if required

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

· As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

· The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

· UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

· To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

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Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.