Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 363-SS8049884
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Appleby Health Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our Offer in Specialist Children and Young People’s Services (SCYPS) at East London NHS Foundation Trust
What matters to our specialist teams in SCYPS,ELFT is delivering care to our patients in partnership with both our patients and careers, and the other organisations we work with. By doing this we are able to provide high quality care that is easy to access; the care we would want for our children. We are working with our patients, our teams and our partner organisations to transform our services so that they not only do a great job now but also long into the future. To achieve this we work differently, try new things and constantly learn and evolve.
SCYPS provide specialist paediatric, community physical health services, which vary from therapy, nursing and paediatrician services. We also have statutory services for child protection, adoption and fostering, and child protection services. Working across North East London Integrated Care System, along with 0-19 Health Services in the Local Authority, our aim is for children to grow well and live their best life. Our work with local voluntary sector organisations and community forums are key to this work.
Working As A Team
We are always looking to find people who share our passion for providing the kind of care we would want for our children and young people. We also want to find talented people who want to work as part of a diverse team, provide leadership and try new things. The role of clinicians and administrators in SCYPS is evolving. As part of our team you will use your skills to help contribute to children’s and young people’s care. Any job in community paediatric services is a challenging job and for our teams to work together our clinicians and administrators all need a system designed to support everyone, so that we can do the best for our patients.
As a team, we champion joy at work, sharing compliments via our GREATIX system and are winners of 4 trust staff awards in 2021. Growing our staff and having a solid leadership team comes as part of the package, along with encouraging and supporting staff to learn new skills and complete training to develop their careers and roles in SCYPS.
About ELFT
ELFT has been recognised as a centre of excellence for community and mental health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
Looking for an exciting challenge with an opportunity to expand your skills and knowledge whilst enjoying your job? Specialist Children and Young People’s Services (SCYPS) in Newham have the perfect opportunity for you to join us in the role of Specialist Clinical Psychologist with the Diana Children’s Community Palliative Care Psychology and Play Service.
You will provide high quality and holistic care to the families of babies, children and young people with life-threatening/limiting conditions (including bereaved families), alongside providing specialist advice, consultation and teaching for the professional networks supporting children with palliative and end of life care needs in Newham.
You will be working as part of a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team with good links to national and pan-London palliative care networks.
You will be joining a service which aspires to provide care of the highest quality, in collaboration with those who use our services. We embrace continuous improvement and learning you will be instrumental in leading the service to think differently, be innovative, and give everyone, at every level, the skills they need to lead change.
This is a 0.8 Band 7 post and is a permanent appointment. While this post is offered at 0.8 WTE and paid pro-rata, there may be scope to increase hours to full-time depending on the successful candidate’s preference and service demands.
Main duties of the job
In SCYPS we provide a range of services to support the residents who reside within the London Borough of Newham. Newham is culturally the most diverse of all London boroughs, with people from a rich variety of ethnic, religious, and linguistic backgrounds.
The Diana Palliative Care Team within SCYPS provides a multidisciplinary service for babies, children and young people who have a range of palliative diagnoses (for example Edwards Syndrome, Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Palliative Oncology Conditions) at various stages on their journey from receiving prognosis, through living with the condition and medical interventions, symptom management, end-of-life care and bereavement.
Working closely with community children’s nurses, health play specialist, clinical psychologists and family therapist team colleagues in the Diana Team, you will deliver a high-quality community clinical psychology assessment, therapy and consultation service for young people living with complex life-shortening health conditions, their families, the professional networks around them and bereaved families.
You will need excellent organisational and interpersonal skills and be highly motivated, caring and passionate about improving the healthcare and wellbeing of the people of Newham. You will work in an environment that actively supports continuous professional development.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the Personal and Job specifications carefully. You should provide evidence in your application of the essential qualities required and why you would be an asset to our Service. We put all our patients at the heart of all we do.
Person specification
Educational/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registration as a Clinical Psychologist with the HCPC
- • Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometric and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
Desirable criteria
- • Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- • Further training in paediatric psychology and/or systemic practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and possible conflict
- • Experience of working in a paediatric psychology and/or community child learning disability setting
- • Experience of working collaboratively with families / therapy with more than one client in the room
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- • Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- • Experience of working in palliative care and/or bereavement
- • Experience of facilitating consultation / reflective practice groups for health care workers
- • Experience of service user involvement projects
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups • Doctoral level knowledge of research
- • Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology
- • Knowledge/Skills in the application of psychological models in a paediatric community health care setting
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. children, young people and their families effected by complex health needs, learning disabilities and palliative care conditions)
- • High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies and their application within the care group
- • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- • Understanding of the principles and ethics of children’s palliative care
- • Knowledge of models of working with diversity / social differences (ethnicity, culture spirituality, etc.)
Other
Essential criteria
- • Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- • Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and behaviour which professionals can find challenging
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of models of staff support and consultation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 Katie Doherty
- Job title
- Clinical Psychologist and Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 738 7063
- Additional information
Dr Amy Volans (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Family Psychotherapist) [email protected]
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