Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

A unique opportunity to work across Autism Assessment and Psychological Therapies within Child Health at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust (HHFT).

Main duties of the job

This exciting Band 7 role offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills across a varied and rewarding paediatric psychology remit. A key component of the post will be contributing to multidisciplinary autism assessments within our Early Years Autism Assessment Team (EYAAT), alongside providing psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people within our psychological therapies pathway.

The successful candidate will be supported to develop their expertise in autism assessment, including access to funded ADOS-2 training.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Psychologist seeking to develop a broad range of specialist skills within a supportive, multidisciplinary paediatric service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work as an autonomous practitioner within the Paediatric Psychology Service, providing a high-quality, specialist clinical psychology service to children and young people and their families across the Neurodisability and Psychological Therapies pathways.

To undertake psychological and neurodevelopmental assessments, formulations and interventions for children and young people presenting with a range of emotional, behavioural, adjustment and neurodevelopmental difficulties associated with physical health conditions, developmental differences and complex life experiences.

To work as a member of the Early Years Autism Assessment Team (EYAAT), contributing to multidisciplinary autism assessments for young children. This will include undertaking specialist autism assessments, contributing to diagnostic decision-making, providing feedback to families, and participating in ADOS assessments following completion of funded training. Funding for ADOS training is included in this post.

To provide psychological assessments and evidence-based interventions within the Psychological Therapies pathway, supporting children and young people experiencing psychological difficulties associated with physical health conditions, adjustment to diagnosis, emotional wellbeing, behavioural challenges and mental health needs.

To work as an integral member of multidisciplinary teams across paediatric services, providing consultation, formulation, advice and psychologically informed care to colleagues and partner agencies.

To contribute to service evaluation, audit, clinical governance and service development activities, supporting the ongoing improvement of pathways and patient outcomes in line with local and national priorities.

To provide supervision and support to trainee psychologists, assistant psychologists and other staff where appropriate, under the direction of senior psychologists.

To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality, evidence-based clinical psychology service to children, young people and families referred to the Paediatric Psychology Service, including those presenting with highly complex psychological, emotional and neurodevelopmental needs.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.