Principal Clinical Psychologist, staff support

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Main area Paediatric health psychology post incident staff support Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8b Contract Fixed term: 12 months ([secondment] until October 2027) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (to be spread across chosen days that are complementary to the to the 8c service lead)) Job --COCM-A

Site Health in Mind department, Children's hospital Town birmingham Salary dependent on experience Closing 10/08/2026 23:59

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

22.5 hours per week post- 0.6 WTE

This post provides strategic and clinical leadership in the development, implementation and evaluation of a trauma-informed pathway of psychological staff support for managing adverse and distressing events within an acute paediatric Trust.

The role brings together a programme of work focused on wellbeing awareness, psychologically informed skills training, post-incident support and resource development, delivered in partnership with Clinical Psychology and the Simulation Team to achieve sustainable, organisation-wide improvements in staff wellbeing and patient care.

The post-holder will apply highly specialist clinical psychology models of trauma, resilience, compassion and moral injury at an organisational level, embedding these into practice through training, consultation and pathway development. A key component of the role is the design and clinical oversight of psychologically informed simulation-based training, alongside the provision of a targeted specialist response to staff following incidents, including consultation and facilitation of psychological debriefs.

The post-holder will lead on evaluation, reporting and service development, and build organisational capacity by working collaboratively with leadership, multidisciplinary teams and existing staff support roles across both hospital sites.

• Provide clinical and strategic leadership in implementing a trauma-informed pathway of staff support following adverse and distressing events.
• Lead the design, delivery and clinical oversight of psychologically informed training, including simulation-based approaches.
• Deliver atargeted specialist psychological response following incidents, including consultation and facilitation of debriefs.
• Develop and embed resources, guidance and support pathways to enhance staff wellbeing.
• Build organisational capacity by training and supporting staff, leaders and existing support roles (e.g. PNAs/PMAs, link psychologists)
  Work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and both hospital sites to ensure equitable access and engagement.
• Lead on evaluation, outcome measurement and reporting to demonstrate impact and inform service development
• Contribute to ongoing service and organisational development, promoting trauma-informed practice
• training to staff in facilitating debriefs (immediate huddles and group reflective debriefs)
• teaching in trauma awareness and…