# Clinical Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-psychologist/1d8785ef-0da1-43d2-81ba-c7711ae2a516 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-psychologist/1d8785ef-0da1-43d2-81ba-c7711ae2a516.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Alder Hey Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (0.7 WTE into CYPGS; 0.3 WTE into Clinical Health Psychology) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-05T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-22T08:10:34.187Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Warrington/Alder_Hey_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Mental_Health/Community_Mental_Health-v8375344 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8375344?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.alderhey.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview - Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit Health and Care Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Psychologist to join two innovative and highly specialist paediatric psychology services at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. This unique split post combines 0.7 WTE within the Children's and Young People's Gender Service (CYPGS) based in Warrington, and 0.3 WTE within Clinical Health Psychology supporting children, young people and families accessing the Differences of Sex Development (DSD) service at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The successful applicant will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people presenting with a range of complex emotional, psychological and developmental needs. They will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to support young people and families, contribute to service development and provide consultation and training across systems. We are looking for a compassionate and reflective clinician who is committed to evidence-based practice, collaborative working and improving outcomes for children and young people. ### Main duties of the job The main duties for this role are provided in the attached job description For further details please contact gsnorthwest@alderhey.nhs.uk. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The main responsibilities for this role are provided in the attached job description/person specification. The role is well suited to someone who enjoys working systemically with families and professional networks, values multidisciplinary collaboration and wishes to contribute to the development of nationally significant specialist services. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Doctoral knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies. - Doctoral level knowledge of research, methodology, research design and complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology. - Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families across the full range of care settings. - Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with 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 possible physical aggression. - Experience of working with children, young people and families presenting with complex psychological, emotional or adjustment difficulties associated with long-term health conditions and/or specialist paediatric services - Experience of multidisciplinary working involving complex assessment, formulation and collaborative care planning. **Desirable** - Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision - Knowledge of legislation in relation to young people and mental health - Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in those groups with complex presentations e.g. dual diagnoses, children and adolescents with additional disabilities. - Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts. - Experience working with children and young people experiencing gender incongruence or gender-related distress - Experience of working within specialist paediatric services and/or differences of sex development services - Experience of delivering group interventions, training or consultation. ### Other requirements **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 **Desirable** - Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework ### Skills and abilities **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 children and young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues within and outside the NHS. - Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. - Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and multi-agency systems. ### Education and Training **Essential** - Doctoral level training in clinical psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS. - Registered with the HCPC. **Desirable** - Prequalification training and qualifications in research methodology staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. ## Documents - [b7 jd cypgs chp (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10703524) ## 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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.