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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills/Abilities
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers, and other professionals.
- Skills/Abilities
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills/Abilities
Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
- Skills/Abilities
Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- Skills/Abilities
Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working
- Skills/Abilities
Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse.
- Skills/Abilities
Evidence of service development and team leadership skills
- Skills/Abilities
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- GOSH Culture and Values
Our values | Collaboration| Curiosity | Respect
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist in children’s services
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, presenting with the full range of clinical severity care settings.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts, of working in a multicultural framework and actively promoting anti-racism and inclusive practice
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist within paediatric and/or CAMHS or significant experience of working with adults with chronic pain
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and child protection
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of supervising junior Psychologists including Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, undergraduate Psychology Placement Students and/or other professionals
- Knowledge and Experience
Experiencing in delivering evidence-based interventions for a range of child and adolescent mental health problems.
- Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Honours Degree in Psychology.
- Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HCPC, including pain psychology.
- Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council as Practitioner Psychologist.
- Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills/Abilities
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management in chronic and complex pain and mental health.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of presenting psychology to multidisciplinary audiences.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of teaching or training.
- Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Post–doctoral training or recorded CPD experience in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice including aspects of paediatric pain.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Psychologist interested in paediatric pain management and complex health presentations to join our intensive interdisciplinary paediatric pain management programme (PPMP). Within the PPMP, psychologists are embedded within an interdisciplinary team that includes pain clinicians, advanced nurse practitioners, psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and support staff.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated individual to directly contribute to the delivery and ongoing expansion and evolution of the PPMP. The post-holder will play a key role in the supporting of young people and an attending parent in the delivery of the group intervention and in 1:1 sessions, tailoring aspects of the programme. Further, the post holder will work alongside members of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) in assessing the suitability of referrals to the PPMP and in routine follow-ups. As a Senior Psychologist in the team, the post holder will work closely alongside IDT colleagues to inform and support the psychological thinking throughout the programme.
The PPMP is a rich, complex intervention delivered over 3-weeks to children & young people aged 11-18, and their parent or carer. It’s design and delivery are part of a large ongoing academic project and the postholder will have the opportunity to be involved in research, audit and quality improvement projects.
Main duties of the job
The PPMP sits within the wider Pain Management Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The service is the largest integrated service in the UK with a world leading reputation for treating infants, children, and adolescents with acute and chronic pain in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
The post also sits within the Pain Psychology Services stream which is a part the Trust’s Psychological and Mental Health Service (PAMHS). This allows the postholder access to lots of opportunities for learning and development across the department and wider hospital, including academic teaching and specialist interests. We also offer placements to Undergraduate Placement students and Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
The post is being advertised as a fulltime substantive post but we are happy to consider candidates looking for less than fulltime positions. Informal discussions about this role are encouraged and please contact us using the details below.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please see those attached.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Senior Clinical Psychologist in Paediatric Pain with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 per annum inclusive. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Oct 2026.
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