Principal Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a motivated Principal Clinical Psychologist to join our specialist Adult Audiovestibular Clinical Psychology Service at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, UCLH. The post sits within a highly respected specialist service in one of the UK’s leading NHS trusts, offering a varied clinical caseload, flexible working, and excellent opportunities for professional development. The role involves working with adults presenting with tinnitus, dizziness, hearing loss, hyperacusis, misophonia, and related ENT and sleep difficulties, offering the chance to develop expertise across a broad and interesting range of presentations. The post combines direct clinical work with opportunities for supervision, service development, teaching and research within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. As this is a highly specialised field, prior experience in audiovestibular psychology is not expected. We would particularly welcome applications from psychologists with relevant experience in clinical health psychology or other adult services working with complex physical health presentations. The role offers a high degree of flexibility, with limited on-site working currently expected.

Main duties of the job

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a motivated Principal Clinical Psychologist to join our specialist Adult Audiovestibular Clinical Psychology Service at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, UCLH. The post sits within a highly respected specialist service in one of the UK’s leading NHS trusts, offering a varied clinical caseload, flexible working, and excellent opportunities for professional development. The role involves working with adults presenting with tinnitus, dizziness, hearing loss, hyperacusis, misophonia, and related ENT and sleep difficulties, offering the chance to develop expertise across a broad and interesting range of presentations. The post combines direct clinical work with opportunities for supervision, service development, teaching and research within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. As this is a highly specialised field, prior experience in audiovestibular psychology is not expected. We would particularly welcome applications from psychologists with relevant experience in clinical health psychology or other adult services working with complex physical health presentations. The role offers a high degree of flexibility, with limited on-site working currently expected.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

This is a Band 8a Principal Clinical Psychologist post (0.45 WTE / 16.9 hours per week) within the Adult Audiovestibular Clinical Psychology Service at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, UCLH. The post combines direct clinical work with supervision, teaching, service development, audit and research in a flexible and varied specialist clinical health setting.

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application .

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