Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Child Psychology team at Southampton Children's Hospital. We have a number of sessions into specialities including general paediatrics, PICU, rheumatology and ophthalmology up to 1.4WTE, with some flexibility around how we configure these to meet the interests of the postholders and requirements of the team.

The postholders will be based in the highly supportive, dynamic and well respected Child Psychology team within Southampton Children's Hospital, working alongside approximately 20 WTE psychologists and psychological practitioners.

We are looking for motivated psychologists with an interest in working with children, young people and families with complex health conditions experiencing associated psychological distress or difficulties.

Main duties of the job

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will work both as a core member of the Child Psychology team and into one or more medical specialities (including PICU, ophthalmology, rheumatology and general paediatrics). The post holder will work with both inpatients and outpatients with children with a variety of medical presentations and their families. They will be required to work as a core team member, involved in clinics, group interventions and 1:1 psychology provision, as well as offering case consultation and liaison when needed and staff support.

The post holder will be part of our Child Psychology team, which is highly valued by families and colleagues. We pride ourselves as a supportive, dynamic and creative team, offering opportunities for developing as a clinical psychologist through audit, research, teaching and training. Supervision will be provided by an experienced psychologist within the team.