Principal Psychologist SC283

Health Service Executive; South Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Stewarts Care seeks a Principal Psychologist to provide clinical and professional leadership across CDNT 5 Lucan and CDNT 6 Palmerstown. You will guide psychology services for children and young people with complex disabilities and work within two established teams.

The role emphasizes leadership, supervision, workforce planning, and interagency collaboration to sustain high-quality, integrated psychology services. A senior clinical leadership background is essential.

Qualifications

• Hold a recognised university degree with honours in Psychology.
• Hold a recognised postgraduate professional psychology qualification.
• At least eight years of postgraduate experience in the relevant area.
• At least three years in a senior capacity.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership to psychology services.
• Provide clinical supervision and support professional development.
• Support recruitment, retention and workforce planning.
• Lead and contribute to development of clinical pathways.
• Support quality improvement, clinical governance and risk management.
• Contribute to complex case management and service-user reviews.
• Collaborate with CDNT managers and interdisciplinary teams.
• Support service planning and KPI achievement.
• Promote evidence-based, person-centred practice.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Clinical supervision

Interagency collaboration

Workforce planning

Education

Degree in Psychology with honours

Postgraduate professional qualification in psychology

Job description

This job opportunity is open to both HSE and non-HSE applicants.

Reference

SC283

Category

Health and Social Care Professionals

Grade

Psychologist - Clinical 3689

Section 38

Advertisement Type

Open to all

The HSE is advertising this job on behalf of a publicly funded organisation. This job is not with the HSE. The terms and conditions of this job may be different from the HSE’s terms and conditions.

Health region

HSE Dublin and Midlands

County

• Dublin South

Location

Lucan and Palmerstown

Stewarts Care Limited

Contract type

• Fixed Term Wholetime
• Temporary Wholetime, 12-month Contract

Post specific related information

Reference: SC283

Contract: Temporary Wholetime, 12-month Contract

Location: CDNT 5 Lucan / CDNT 6 Palmerstown

Hours: 35 hours per week

The Role

Stewarts Care is seeking applications for the position of Principal Psychologist to work across Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNT) 5 and 6.

Stewarts Care is the Lead Agency for CDNT 5 Lucan and CDNT 6 Palmerstown. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Psychologist to provide clinical and professional leadership across both teams and contribute to the continued development of high-quality, integrated psychology services for children and young people with complex disabilities.

Key areas of responsibility

• Providing clinical and professional leadership to Psychology services.
• Providing clinical supervision and supporting professional development.
• Supporting recruitment, retention and workforce planning.
• Leading and contributing to the development of clinical pathways.
• Supporting quality improvement, clinical governance and risk management.
• Contributing to complex case management and service‑user reviews.
• Working collaboratively with Children’s Disability Network Managers and the wider interdisciplinary teams.
• Supporting service planning, performance monitoring and the achievement of agreed KPIs.
• Promoting evidence-based, person-centred practice.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Hold a recognised university degree or diploma, with first- or second-class honours, in which Psychology was taken as a major subject and honours obtained in that subject.
• Hold a recognised postgraduate professional psychological qualification appropriate to the designated area of professional psychology.
• Have at least eight years' satisfactory postgraduate experience in the relevant area of professional psychology, inclusive of time spent pursuing the postgraduate qualification.
• Have at least three years' satisfactory experience in a senior capacity.
• Possess the knowledge, experience, suitability and management ability required to fulfil the responsibilities of the post.

Post-Specific Requirements

• Candidates should have experience working with complex childhood disabilities, including neurodiversity, autism and ADHD, as well as experience in areas including risk assessment, Children First, child safeguarding, safety planning and interagency working.
• Candidates must also have access to appropriate transport to fulfil the requirements of the role.

Why Join Stewarts Care?

This is an opportunity to take a senior clinical leadership role within two established Children’s Disability Network Teams, supporting the continued development of Psychology services and contributing to high-quality, interdisciplinary supports for children and their families.

Closing Date: 04/12/2026

04/12/2026 12:00:00