Highly Specialist Paediatric Psychologist

Job overview

We are delighted to be recruiting to a permanent 1.0 wte Band 8a post to join a well-established Paediatric Psychology Team based at Royal Brompton Hospital.

The post holder will be based in the welcoming Paediatric Psychology Service at Royal Brompton Hospital (Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust). Working across paediatric respiratory and cardiology services at both Royal Brompton, Harefield and St Thomas’ Hospital sites. Clinical work will encompass a combination of outpatient and inpatient (including intensive care) work with children, young people and their families. As well as collaborative working with professional colleagues to provide high quality holistic care. We would be delighted to share more about the posts and encourage applicants to contact Dr Jo Blundell  ([email protected]) or Michèle Puckey ([email protected] ).

Main duties of the job

The post holders will have an interest, and be experienced in, applying a range of psychological models in a flexible way, working directly with children, young people and their families. The role is a varied one, with opportunity for both inpatient and outpatient working, as well as having an important component of MDT working, liaison and consultation. The role includes opportunities for teaching and training, research, and evaluation and working with shared care and network clinics across London and surrounding counties. We meet regularly as a psychology team, including with our paediatric psychology colleagues based at St Thomas’ Hospital Site and MDT colleagues, to explore clinical dilemmas and share new learning across the services. Supervision will be provided by an experienced RBH based practitioner psychologist. Additional opportunities include, but do not stop with, monthly team reflective practice and peer supervision as well as participation in SIG networks locally and nationally. Service related CPD is actively encouraged.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide specialist expertise in the psychological care of children, young people and their families within the paediatric psychology service, on an outpatient and inpatient basis.
• To provide specialist psychological assessment of patients referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
• To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of service users presenting with a variety of complex problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing evidence-based interventions across a range of settings.

Please see attached JD and Person Specification for full information.