Job summary
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and passionate Clinical Psychologist (Band 8a) to join the Paediatric Community Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team at James Paget Hospital. We are a specialist multi-disciplinary team, who are passionate about developing services and completing high quality and clinically rigorous assessments. We cover the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area.
You will play a key role in our newly launched Neurodevelopmental (NDD) pathways, offering assessment, formulation, diagnosis and advice for children and young people with neurodiverse presentations, including Autism, ADHD, and associated developmental needs.
If you are passionate about improving the lives of neurodiverse children and their families and want to be part of an ambitious and developing service, we would love to hear from you.
This post could either be appointed as a Band 7 preceptorship working towards an 8a position, or at an 8a depending upon skills and experience. Responsibilities and supervision will be adjusted accordingly.
The post is funded for 30 hours (4 days) but there is a 7.5 (1 day) post available providing psychological input on the Neonatal ward in the James Paget Hospital that could be joined together with this post, providing a varied role and bringing the post to full time.
Main duties of the job
What You'll Be Doing
Completing specialist neuropsychological assessments as part of multi-disciplinary NDD diagnostic pathways.
Conducting structured observations, developmental history interviews, neurodevelopmental assessments and delivering feedback to families for more complex cases where differential assessment is required.
Contribute expert formulation as part of MDT case discussion to support accurate, compassionate, timely diagnoses.
Work closely with paediatricians, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and education partners.
Provide consultation, supervision and psychological input across the neurodevelopmental pathway.
Support pathway development, quality improvement and evidence-based practice as the service grows.
Work collaboratively with families, listening to their experiences and advocating for their needs.
About us
What We Offer
The opportunity to help shape a developing neurodevelopmental assessment service at an exciting time of growth.
Supportive, friendly multidisciplinary team environment with multiple opportunities for peer support.
Professional development, CPD and supervision from senior clinicians.
Strong links with the UEA Doctoral programme in Clinical Psychology.
Flexible working options.
Access to NHS benefits and wellbeing support.
Job description
Job responsibilities
About You
We are looking for a psychologist who:
Is HCPC-registered and qualified in clinical psychology.
Has experience working with children, young people and neurodiverse presentations.
Has a good working knowledge of the diagnostic assessment process for Autism and ADHD and the importance of differential diagnoses as part of these assessments.
Has experience in conducting a range of standardised assessments, and it would be desirable if this included specialist neurodevelopmental assessments.
Brings strong skills in complex formulation, identifying strengths and needs of young people.
Confidence in sensitively providing comprehensive feedback to families.
Values teamwork, compassionate practice and family-centred care.
Is committed to service improvement and shaping new models of care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
About You
We are looking for a psychologist who:
Is HCPC-registered and qualified in clinical psychology.
Has experience working with children, young people and neurodiverse presentations.
Has a good working knowledge of the diagnostic assessment process for Autism and ADHD and the importance of differential diagnoses as part of these assessments.
Has experience in conducting a range of standardised assessments, and it would be desirable if this included specialist neurodevelopmental assessments.
Brings strong skills in complex formulation, identifying strengths and needs of young people.
Confidence in sensitively providing comprehensive feedback to families.
Values teamwork, compassionate practice and family-centred care.
Is committed to service improvement and shaping new models of care.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oProfessional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- oDoctoral level training in clinical psychology, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
- oEligible for Full Membership of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology.
Desirable
- oPre-qualification training and qualifications in other fields of applied psychology
- oPost-qualification training in approaches and therapies appropriate for the Neurodevelopmental context e.g. working with attachment, trauma, systems/ family therapy and bereavement
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oSpecialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
- oUndertaking psychological assessment and interventions relating Neurodevelopmental service area
- oWorking with a wide variety of patient groups within this specialism, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- oRepresenting psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care.
- oWorking clinically in health and medical settings relevant to service area.
- oWorking effectively with other professionals in multidisciplinary settings.
Desirable
- oExperience working psychologically with a client group or in a setting relevant to Neurodevelopmental Psychology e.g. Paediatrics, Infant mental health, working with families, Perinatal or Maternity settings.
- oExperience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- oExperience of line managing psychological staff
- oExperience of working through an interpreter
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment intervention and management.
- oHighly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- oGood time management and prioritisation skills
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oAbility 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.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oProfessional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- oDoctoral level training in clinical psychology, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
- oEligible for Full Membership of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology.
Desirable
- oPre-qualification training and qualifications in other fields of applied psychology
- oPost-qualification training in approaches and therapies appropriate for the Neurodevelopmental context e.g. working with attachment, trauma, systems/ family therapy and bereavement
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oSpecialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
- oUndertaking psychological assessment and interventions relating Neurodevelopmental service area
- oWorking with a wide variety of patient groups within this specialism, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- oRepresenting psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care.
- oWorking clinically in health and medical settings relevant to service area.
- oWorking effectively with other professionals in multidisciplinary settings.
Desirable
- oExperience working psychologically with a client group or in a setting relevant to Neurodevelopmental Psychology e.g. Paediatrics, Infant mental health, working with families, Perinatal or Maternity settings.
- oExperience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- oExperience of line managing psychological staff
- oExperience of working through an interpreter
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment intervention and management.
- oHighly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- oGood time management and prioritisation skills
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oAbility 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.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
