# Paediatric Clinical Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-clinical-psychologist/f9d4e315-c6f1-48f3-8085-a915fb0430ca - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-clinical-psychologist/f9d4e315-c6f1-48f3-8085-a915fb0430ca.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Luton - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T15:21:17.026Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bedfordshire/Bedford/Bedfordshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v8051974 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8051974?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ldh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities 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. ## Job Details 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 ## Job Description 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. ## Responsibilities The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working psychologically and providing evidence-based assessment, formulation and intervention for children, young people and their families across a range of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, and community settings - Experience of working within a multidisciplinary health team and with children and families affected by acute or long-term physical health difficulties - Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/ practices relating to mental health and services, and of safeguarding and child protection policies **Desirable** - Supervision of other clinicians - Experience of working in an acute hospital setting, and of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care ### Qualification **Essential** - BPS accredited doctorate in clinical psychology (or equivalent) - Registration with HCPC as practitioner psychologist (or equivalent) **Desirable** - Formal training in supervision of trainee clinical psychologists ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with potentially distressing and highly emotive clinical work. - The application of psychology in different cultural contexts - Skills in working across multidisciplinary settings and in multi-agency liaison and care planning - Planning and organisational skills for caseload management and good time-management **Desirable** - Skills in providing consultancy and teaching/training to other professional and non-professional groups ## Documents - [staff benefits (png, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2879) - [job description (pdf, 248.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341451) - [person specification (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341452) - [bedford hospital site map (pdf, 2.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2871) - [functional requirements (pdf, 176.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341453) - [staff diversity network (pdf, 140.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2866) - [information for disabled applicants (pdf, 98.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2870) - [disclosure & barring information and recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 78.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1456) ## 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.