Job Summary
We are seeking a clinical or counselling psychologist or child and adolescent psychotherapist. This is an exciting new post to develop and ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to families and staff in the neonatal teams and inpatient paediatric teams at Epsom and St Helier.
The role will include providing highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention with families within the neonatal unit and paediatric inpatients, offering advice and consultation on psychological aspects of care to other health professionals and supporting clinical team members. 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 team and the Trust Clinical health psychology provision.
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
1. Assessment and intervention with families within the neonatal units
2. Provision of specialist psychological advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary teams - neonatal and paediatric inpatient
3. Supporting neonatal staff teams
4. Liaison with wider specialist services
5. Service audit and evaluation
6. Participation in wider neonatal network
About Us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Date posted: 24 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £59,490 to £66,239 a year pro rata pa Incl HCAS (Outer)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 343-6977582-FM-NP
Job locations: ESTH, Wrythe Lane, Sutton, SM5 1AA
Job Description
Responsibilities
* 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.
Qualifications
Training and qualifications
* Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or its equivalent
* HCPC registered
Experience
* Post-qualification experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision working as a clinical psychologist (or equivalent) over a minimum of 18 months.
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
* Experience of working with MDT
* Experience of service development and innovation
Desirable
* Experience of working in paediatric/medical settings
* Experience of offering staff support
Knowledge and skills
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to children and young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
* Experience of working with, and addressing issues of diversity - including experience of working within a multicultural framework
Desirable
* Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological approaches for specific problems encountered in this setting (e.g. traumatic reactions, bereavements, managing medical settings).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: ESTH, Wrythe Lane, Sutton, SM5 1AA
Employer's website: https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us #J-18808-Ljbffr