8a Clinical Psychologist in Paediatric Psychology

Job Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and committed candidate to apply for this Band 8a post to work within our growing Paediatric Psychology service. The post will involve working across both Paediatric Cardiology and Paediatric Liaison Teams.

The Psychology service within the East Midlands Congenital Heart Network provides psychological assessment and treatment to young people living with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) and their families. The team has been established for over 15 years and provides high quality, specialist care to patients and families across the East Midlands Network. The role also involves consultation, liaison and teaching/training with medical and surgical colleagues, as well as supervision and reflective practice with other professionals.

Paediatric Liaison is a team that works with young people with joint physical and mental health presentations, including unexplained medical symptoms and functional neurological disorders. The team includes, nursing, OT, family therapy, senior psychology and psychiatry time. Therefore you will be working with colleagues with a similar remit, ensuring multi-disciplinary oversight and coordination of the care offered. The role involves high levels of joint working with Leicester Children's Hospital staff and includes consultation, training and supervision.

The advertised role role sits within a larger Paediatric Psychology Team. We are a specialist team, in a larger CAMHS provision within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. You will be based within the Department of Paediatric Psychology, but will be required to deliver services at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and other community venues. This is an exciting opportunity to join colleagues at Leicester Children's Hospital in providing specialist care to children and young people with complex health needs.

As a department, we have a strong ethos of reflective practice including team care spaces, regular CPD and case discussion sessions, peer supervision and specialist safeguarding supervision. We are proud of our commitment to CPD, and are able to offer successful candidates opportunities for further training in a range of models including EMDR, ACT for Physical Health, and Systemic practice. You will also have the opportunity to offer reflective practice to medical and allied health professional colleagues.

If you are interested in the post, please contact Dr Vicky Elliott

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

The current vacancy will sit across Paediatric Cardiology and Inpatient Liaison, but will also involve working more directly with some other medical specialties within the Children's Hospital.

The post offers an exciting opportunity to join a well-established team of Psychologists working in conjunction with medical multi-disciplinary teams, providing psychological assessment and interventions to children, young people and families who are living with complex and long-term health needs.

The post also involves providing consultation and liaison to staff at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and other Community and Mental Health professionals. Other duties include teaching and training, research and quality improvement activities.

Applicants with experience of working with children and who are interested in the relationship between physical and mental health are encouraged to apply.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.