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Job overview

We are delighted to be recruiting to the post of Practitioner Psychologist in Paediatric Psychology at the Evelina London Children's Hospital. (Band 8a, 0.8WTE).  This is an exciting post providing a wide variety of experiences across a number of medical specialties.

The post-holder will be based within the diverse and welcoming Paediatric Psychology service at the Evelina London (Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust), with the post being split across the Renal & Urology service (0.4WTE) and our Non-Embedded Specialities Team (NEST) (0.4WTE).

We are looking for a motivated psychologist with an interest in working with children, young people and families with complex health conditions experiencing associated psychological distress or difficulties, as well as in working with professional colleagues in a collaborative manner to provide high quality holistic care.

We would be delighted to share more about the post.  For further information please contact Dr Sophie Dewar (Lead Practitioner Psychologist, NEST [email protected]) or Dr Stacie Bowden (Lead Practitioner Psychologist in Renal and Urology [email protected]).

Main duties of the job

In both sides of this role psychology provision is offered to families on an in- and an out-patient basis. The post holder will provide individual work with young people and families as well as group work and broader MDT liaison and consultation.

The Renal & Urology service offers a multi-disciplinary integrated package of care for young people referred.  The post holder will be required to work as a core team member, involved in clinics, group interventions and 1:1 psychology provision, as well as offering case consultation and liaison.

Within NEST you will be joining a team within Paediatric Psychology who provide input across a wide range of medical teams within the Evelina London, e.g. general paediatrics, orthopaedics, haematology, and surgery.  This requires working with a broad range of experiences across specialties, and will also include a significant element of MDT liaison and consultation.

Being within the Paediatric Psychology Service offers good opportunities for collaborative working with other team members, audit & research, teaching and training.  We meet regularly as a team to explore clinical dilemmas and share new learnings and developments across our diverse services. Supervision will be provided by an experienced Psychologist within the team. Additional opportunities include but do not stop with; journal club, reflective practice groups, peer supervision as well as SIG networks.  Service relevant CPD is actively encouraged.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and Person Specification form for full information and details.