# Clinical Psychologist in Paediatric Psychology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-psychologist-in-paediatric-psychology/01d4cac4-6be5-42ca-9386-9a759c8b1c87 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-psychologist-in-paediatric-psychology/01d4cac4-6be5-42ca-9386-9a759c8b1c87.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust - **Location:** Leicester - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 to £56,515 a year - **Contract type:** Fixed-Term - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-08-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-04T09:50:40.802Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9313-26-0341?employerCode=C9313 - **Employer website:** https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary We are recruiting a motivated Clinical Psychologist to join our Paediatric Psychology Team as a Band 7 Our 20+ team sits within CAMHS across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The post is based in Paediatric Psychology, with work at Leicester Royal Infirmary and community sites, supporting children and young people with complex health needs. This fixed term maternity cover post will cover General Paediatrics alongside some specialty working. The role will include working across sites including Artemis House and the Leicester Royal Infirmary. This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Psychologist to gain experience and skills in working clinically with children with chronic physical health problems and medical needs, and their families. There is also opportunity for inpatient ward working and offering consultation to medical MDTs within the Children's Hospital. We have a strong reflective practice culture, including team care spaces, CPD, case discussions, peer supervision and safeguarding supervision. ### Main duties of the job The post offers an exciting opportunity to join a well-established team of Psychologists working in conjunction with medical multi-disciplinary teams, providing psychological assessment and interventions to children, young people and families who are living with complex and long-term health needs. The post also involves providing consultation and liaison to staff at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and other Community and Mental Health professionals. Other duties include teaching and training, research and quality improvement activities. Applicants with experience of working with children and who are interested in the relationship between physical and mental health are encouraged to apply. We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. ### About us We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview. ### Details - Date posted: 04 August 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 7 - Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year - Contract: Fixed term - Duration: 12 months - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 007053 - Job locations: Artemis House, Westcotes House,, Westcotes Drive, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 0QU, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto “Apply for this job” and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working in a CAMHS. - Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings. - Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. ### Trust Values **Essential** - Compassion - Trust - Respect - Integrity ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good honours degree in Psychology. Eligibility for Graduate Membership of the BPS - DClinPsych or equivalent in Clinical Psychology **Desirable** - Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Able to work independently and using own initiative yet willing and able to profit from consulting with other MDT colleagues when appropriate. - Ability to communicate with patients effectively and empathically. - Able to communicate to referrers and other professional staff effectively. **Desirable** - Able to cope with less than optimum work settings including other institutions and domiciliary settings. ### Interpersonal Skills **Essential** - Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings. - Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. - Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. - Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. - Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology. - Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments including neuropsychological assessment for Neurodevelopmental conditions - Familiarity with the principals of child protection procedures and legislation in relation to the client group and mental health. - High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies. **Desirable** - Evidence of ability to publish - Awareness of cultural and other diversity issues ### Standard Requirements **Essential** - Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles - Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection - Understanding of the service users of the Trust (which could include lived experience of conditions the Trust deals with or of receiving services relevant to those the Trust provides) ## Documents - [Job Description Band 7 (PDF, KB)](https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=21541&JobId=7068) - [Information for applicant (PDF, KB)](https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=21540&JobId=7068) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.