Clinical Psychologist

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit Band 8a Clinical Psychologists to work in our expanding Shropshire Paediatric Psychology Service, primarily within epilepsy and general paediatrics.

We would consider offering a preceptorship pathway from Agenda for Change Band 7 to 8a, on completion of the required competencies.

The Paediatric Psychology Service provides targeted input into several multi-disciplinary teams across Shropshire and works closely with our local children's community nursing team. We are a welcoming, well-established team of Psychologists, with a shared passion for continuously improving and promoting positive outcomes for children and young people with physical health conditions. This role is well supported by professional leadership structures. The post holders will work closely alongside other qualified Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists, with dedicated admin embedded in the service.

There will be regular opportunities for CPD, paediatric peer supervision, service development and collaborating with psychology colleagues across our Integrated Care System.

The main duties of this role involve providing evidence‑based, psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with children and their families, aimed at reducing distress and promoting positive health and wellbeing outcomes.

The role will also involve working indirectly with healthcare colleagues, sharing psychological skills and approaches and promoting psychologically informed care, through supervision, consultation and multi‑disciplinary team working.

There will be scope to provide supervision and contribute to service audit, evaluation and development projects within the role.

The successful applicant will be a compassionate and committed team worker, with previous experience within paediatric psychology settings and a strong passion for innovative working to make a positive difference to the lives of children and families in this setting. Skills in making psychological theory and approaches accessible to colleagues in other disciplines will be key to this role. This post is advertised at a time of real opportunity for introducing and embedding psychological practice in physical healthcare settings and extending the reach of the service.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community‑based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

The Paediatric Psychology Service sits within the organisation's children and families service delivery group.

Please find the Job Description s and Person Specifications attached for further information on the role - both 8a and band 7 given the opportunity for a preceptorship post.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

• Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent) providing eligibility for registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Evidence of further post qualification training /short courses relevant to children/young people's mental health and/or paediatric psychology
• Evidence of continuing professional development in line with the requirements of HCPC registration

• Significant experience working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity, across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, in‑patient and residential care settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Significant post qualification experience of working within Child Psychology settings with young people and their families
• Substantial experience of working clinically within…