Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Psychologist Paediatrics
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Clinical Psychologist – Paediatric and Neonatal Services
Job Overview
This opportunity provides an exciting chance to deliver a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to patients in Paediatric and Neonatal Services at Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust. Your role will span all care sectors, including:
- Providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy for children, young people and their families
- Advising non-psychologist colleagues and other carers
- Working autonomously within professional guidelines and team policies
- Contributing to service development, audit, and research
While previous paediatric psychology experience is desirable, it is not mandatory as you’ll receive support from a supervising Consultant Clinical Psychologist and be part of a developing paediatric psychology team.
This crosses diverse groups including:
- paediatric psychology (0.7 WTE)
- paediatric oncology, plastics, and neonates (0.3 WTE, both inpatients and outpatients)
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) Base Specialties (0.1 WTE)
Paediatric psychology is enhanced through:
- Monthly meetings (business, journal, research presentations, clinical & skill sharing)
- Quarterly paediatric diabetes specialist interest group meetings within CNWL
Key Responsibilities
Core Duties
- Provide psychological assessments across multiple data sources (tests, measures, observations, structured interviews)
- Develop and implement treatment plans using evidenced psychological interventions for:
- Individual clients, families, and groups
- Clients with varying care needs, from universal to specialist care
- Evaluate treatments, balancing theoretical models with complex historical/developmental factors
- Operate with autonomous professional responsibility for client assessment/treatment/discharge
- Deliver specialist psychological advice to multidisciplinary teams
Support & Coordination
- Serve as a care coordinator, managing psychological care plans and collaborating with family members and referring agents
- Represent psychological aspects of risk assessment and management and provide guidance to other professionals
- Offer MDT support including:
- Reflective practice sessions
- Consultations
- Debriefs/supportive sessions
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Wider Service Impact
- Liaise with external agencies and multidisciplinary teams
- Teach and train (within MDT and wider academic settings)
- Engage in research and service development initiatives of the Paediatric Psychology Service
- Contribute to broader education within the NHS and public sector through complex case presentation
Working for CNWL and CWFT
Organisational Context
- Central and North West London NHS Trust (CNWL) oversees AMHS services across Brent, Hillingdon, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, and Milton Keynes, as well as speciality services for other trusts.
- Provides Paediatric Psychology Services across 7 acute hospitals in Central and North West London.
- Chelsea & Westminster Hospital is a large teaching hospital serving ethnically and socioeconomically diverse populations.
Typical service locations:
- Paediatric inpatient units (including neonates)
- Paediatric outpatients
- Specialist Psychology teams (e.g., plastic surgery, oncology)
Detailed Job Specifics
Assessment & Intervention
To carry out, for each supported child, young person and family:
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Appropriate psychological assessments integrating evidence from:
- Tests (e.g., neuropsychological measures)
- Self-report scales
- Ratings (behavioural or psychiatric observations)
- Semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders
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Conceive and implement treatment plans based on:
- Evidence-based modelling
- Efficacy of interventions across care settings
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Delegate roles ensuring integration of preceding data while elaborating psychological formulations through heterogeneous approaches
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Adaptively adjust revised hypotheses drawing from various therapy and thought-school lenses (CBT, Psychodynamic, Lifespan etc.)
Clinical Liability & Governance
- Release abstracted clinical insights regarding
- Assess psychological interventions transparently as part of multidisciplinary care
- Discharge plans collaboratively with all parties, clarifying expectations and monitoring outcomes
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Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential:
- Accredited Doctoral-level Clinical Psychology training (BPS), covering:
- Models of psychopathology
- Clinical psychometrics & neuropsychology
- At least two distinct therapeutic models
- Lifespan developmental psychology
- Registration as a Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable:
- Additional training/qualifications in:
- Relevant applied psychology
- Advanced research methodologies
Experience
Essential:
- Broad experience with specialist psychological assessment using multi-source data (child, YP, family cohorts).
- Familiarity with:
- Theoretical foundations of children’s social-emotional development
- Legal-f<\ühren microbiota complexities of inter-cultural service delivery
Desirable:
- Pre-qualified/post-qualified experience in paediatric psychology settings (formal/exploratory).
- Exposure to working with diverse cultural contexts.
- Experience in teaching, training, or supervision within child/adolescent focus areas.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential Requirements:
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Highly developed skills:
- Using complex psychological assessment techniques requiring sustained focus.
- Communicating highly technical or emotionally sensitive information effectively (written/oral) for:
- Clients, families, carers, internal/external professionals
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Application of culturally responsive models to accommodate varied client needs
Desirable:
- Expertise in highly complex:
- Multidisciplinary acute health care settings
- Reflective practice/critical supervision frameworks
Other Requirements
Mandatory:
- Demonstrated ability to educate diverse audiences through multiple platforms/systems (electronically-evidenced ability to prepare and deliver compelling presentations).
- Compliance with clinical governance protocols to:
- Mitigate risk from emotive material encountered
- Including challenging behaviours presented by clients
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