Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-SCS7763220
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Clinical Psychologist - Lead of Paediatric Psychology
Band 8c
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative clinical psychologist with excellent clinical, leadership and management skills who is keen to lead the paediatric psychologists in the Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust. The paediatric team is small enough for us to know and support each other and share projects across specialities but big enough to be a force within the Trust.
Our paediatric psychology input is aligned to the heath specialities of diabetes, burns, cystic fibrosis, community neurodevelopment, spinal cord injury, neonates and long covid.
An important part of this role is to continue to drive energy towards developing more psychological resource using traditional service development and thinking of innovative methods to spread psychological mindedness across our paediatric colleagues. The current focus is on developing psychological input to epilepsy, functional neurological disorder and general paediatrics. Your voice will be important in helping the Trust understand the need for and models of paediatric psychology.
We are highly respected by our MDT colleagues and hospital management. The paediatric psychologists are part of a larger team of clinical health psychological professions, led by the Chief Psychological Professions Officer with whom you will work closely.
Main duties of the job
A main part of the role will be to continue the previous postholder's work and further increase the profile and understanding of the need for paediatric clinical psychology and to drive service development.
You will line manage and provide clinical supervision to 8b paediatric clinical psychologists, and specialist supervision to the clinical psychologists working in paediatrics as part of a lifespan role to ensure that a model of child centred work is upheld. In addition, you will consult into and supervise an assistant psychologist working in the long covid service.
You will lead regular paediatric psychology meetings for all paediatric clinical psychologists, clinical psychology trainees and assistant psychologists with the aim of maintaining cohesion, sharing skills, updates and overlapping interests to enable the children and young people in our care receive holistic, high quality psychological care.
Working for our organisation
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - BHT - A great place to work (buckshealthcare.nhs.uk)
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
- A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 and those who trained abroad) as accredited by the BPS, or with a statement of equivalence from the BPS
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the British Psychological Society and HCPC
- Post-doctoral training in a therapeutic model
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification / evidence of training in leadership
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Supervised experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the lifespan and presenting with a wide range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings, including outpatient, inpatient, community and residential care settings.
- Experience of individual and group psychological interventions with C&YP with both acute and long term physical health problems.
- Experience of leading and/or influencing across systems/partners including primary care
- Experience of working as the senior psychologist in a C&YP clinical pathway, including reviewing and improving the psychological service.
- Experience of collaborating with related health, social and voluntary services which may be required for patient care.
- Experience of managing resources and allocating these strategically to meet the various demands on/needs of the service
- Experience of planning and implementing changes in a service, even against resistance
Desirable criteria
- Experience of presenting at national conferences
- Experience of working with commissioners
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Skills in assessing C&YP with complex psychological, health and social difficulties
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional groups.
- Skills in working effectively as part of a team and engaging in organisational innovations.
- Knowledge and understanding of Integrated Care Systems
- Able to identify priorities for service development, identify resources required and put forward a case to managers
- Able to identify priorities for service development, identify resources required and put forward a case to managers
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Clare Daniel
- Job title
- Chief Psychological Professions Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07966145018
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