Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics Psychology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment opportunity will be considered for internal staff. Up to 12 months. Position may become permanent at the end of fixed term/secondment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 419-7391883-CP-FH
- Employer
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- York Hospital
- Town
- York
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 7
Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).
Our Values
- We are KIND
- We are OPEN
- We pursue EXCELLENCE
We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.
People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority
Job overview
We were delighted to be chosen as one of seven national pilot projects for integrating mental health support into children and young people’s epilepsy care. This innovative project, which began in March 2023, is focused on the implementation of mental health screening and psychological intervention for children and young people in our region.
The project seeks to make a real change for children and young people with epilepsy across our ICS and we are looking for a Clinical Psychologist with a passion for driving change and innovation who can continue the valuable work that has been started on this project (newly qualified Psychologists with strong leadership skills would also be considered for this position).
You would be working within a team of experienced Clinical Psychologists based at York Hospital. Integral to the post is networking with of CYP services across the ICS. The successful post holder will also hold a clinical caseload to support the wider remit of the paediatric psychology service.
The focus of the role is to continue embedding the screening and psychological interventions into routine practice and to support the evaluation of the project through data collection and reporting.
Main duties of the job
Further detail of the post can be seen in the addendum to the job description.
The focus of the role is to continue embedding the screening and psychological interventions into routine practice and to support the evaluation of the project through data collection and reporting.
- Contributing to an NHS England pilot project integrating mental health into epilepsy care for children and young people.
- Working within the Paediatric Psychology Team at York Hospital. Providing psychological assessment and intervention for children with physical health conditions.
Please seek approval from your current line manager if you are applying for this role on a secondment basis.
Working for our organisation
To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
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Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
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27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
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A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
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A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
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Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
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NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
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An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
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Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.[email protected].
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Person specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, young people and families across the full range of care-settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- • Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course 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, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, (or about to qualify in Sept 2025) including specifically models of child and adolescent psychology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies as accredited by the HCPC.
Desirable criteria
- • Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- • Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- • Experience of working with Clinical Health populations.
- • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient groups.
- • Hold a current driving license valid in the U.K.
Skills and Abilities
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 patients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS
- • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- • Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Aptitude & Personal Qualities
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 work as a team member and show flexibility and adaptability.
- • 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 challenging behaviour.
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
- Emma Peakman
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psycologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Anya Knight: [email protected]
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