Practitioner Psychologist Paediatric Oncology and General Paediatrics

Job overview

The Child Health Psychology department at Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales are looking to recruit a band 7 Practitioner Psychologist to work in both Paediatric Oncology and General Paediatrics ( 0.8/0.2wte split). The post holder will work closely with senior Psychologists within both teams, and provide evidence based psychological care to the young people and families within the medical specialities from across Wales. There will be opportunities for MDT working, supervision of junior colleagues, consultation, teaching and training.  We welcome applicants from suitably qualified individuals with an interest and commitment in working psychologically with young people and their families within  tertiary medical settings.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be based within the Child Health Psychology team at Noah's Ark CHfW and provide a specialised psychology service to both the tertiary oncology and general paediatrics medical specialties and the children, young people and their families within those services.

This role involves delivering advanced psychological assessments, diagnostics, and interventions, and offering expert consultation to the multidisciplinary Tertiary Paediatric Oncology Team and General Paediatrics.  The post-holder will be led and supervised by the Senior Clinical Psychologist in Paediatric Oncology and work alongside Band 7 Practitioner Psychologists within General Paediatrics. Both posts will be embedded in the Child Health Psychology team

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing individual and group psychological care, including complex assessments, formulation, and treatment.

• Offering consultation and advice on psychological care to clinical colleagues.

• Supervising assistant psychologists, doctoral trainees, and MDT colleagues

• Contributing to clinical governance and service development.

• Contributing to service models design and policy changes.

• Engaging in multidisciplinary work, liaison, teaching, training, and research.

• Planning and managing own caseloads to balance clinical, supervisory, and developmental duties.

• Acting as lead supervisor for doctoral trainee clinical psychologists where appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification in Welsh and English attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.