Paediatric Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

The Paediatric Psychology Service at Bedfordshire Hospitals is a friendly, compassionate, and community-focused team dedicated to supporting children, young people, and their families living with long-term medical conditions. Psychology is a valued and integral part of our approach to care, and we work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to help our patients thrive.

We are looking for an enthusiastic professional to join our team on a part-time basis at the Bedford site. This role is ideal for someone passionate about paediatric health and interested in making a meaningful impact at both a clinical and systemic level—supporting not only patients and families, but also the wider staff team.

You will become part of a small, supportive, and forward-thinking team with experience across a range of psychological approaches and medical specialties. Clinical supervision and ongoing professional support will be provided by the Lead Paediatric Clinical Psychologist, offering an excellent opportunity for development within a nurturing environmen

Main duties of the job

You will provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and short-term interventions for patients and families who may be experiencing psychological and emotional difficulties associated with their physical health condition.   You will also support our staff teams, using your knowledge and experience to provide teaching, advice and consultation to help develop and embed psychologically-informed care within our organisation.

You will have a British Psychological Society accredited post-graduate doctoral degree in clinical psychology and HCPC registration.  You will have experience of working with children, young people, and families (ideally in a physical health setting or with chronic health conditions), and the systems that support them.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Providing highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and brief intervention for children and families on inpatient wards who are experiencing psychological and emotional adjustment difficulties associated with a range of health conditions.

Providing advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

To support the professional development of more junior team members.

To contribute to the analysis, development, evaluation and monitoring of operational policies and services, through the deployment of skills in research and service audit.

Maintain electronic systems for referrals, appointments, activity, and outcome monitoring.