Job summary
- Main area
- Psychological Health Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 387-WC1816-DA
- Employer
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/07/2025
Employer heading

Practitioner Psychologist
Band 7
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We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
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Job overview
A fantastic opportunity for a clinical/ counselling psychologist to join a thriving Clinical Health Psychology Service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative adaptable clinical/counselling/health practitioner psychologist keen to develop experience, knowledge and skills in working in paediatric medical specialities contributing to the care provided by multidisciplinary specialist services including paediatric metabolic and gastroenterology teams.
Psychological Health Services is an award winning department, recognised for a commitment to leadership and the development of Trustwide psychological services.
As a university teaching trust, research and quality improvement forms part of University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust's (UHBW) mission to support excellence in delivery of patient care, alongside education and applied research of the highest quality.
We are engaged in high profile national professional networks at a senior level across BPS, NHS and charitable sector organisations.
We have strong links to local and regional universities providing access to support research and clinical training with honorary appointment up to professorial level. Psychological Health Services has an expanding research portfolio and provide and support opportunities to develop this further.
Main duties of the job
To provide psychological services including assessment, formulation and implementation of psychological interventions for children/young people and their families within paediatric metabolic and gastroenterology teams.
Deliver these services in ward-based and out-patient settings as needed.
Provision of psychological advice, consultation, training, and support for other professionals working across this care pathway as assigned by the Specialist Clinical Psychologist, Cluster Lead or Head of Services
Support with development and evaluation of the service.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Postgraduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or equivalent if trained prior to 1996) recognised for registration by the HCPC as Practitioner Clinical Psychologist
- Current registration with HCPC as required in- HCPC Practitioner Registration
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to assess the psychological needs of children, young people, and adults, including the use of cognitive and developmental psychometric tests
- Able to generate systemic and individual formulations and interventions based on applying psychological theory to the complex information generated by the person, family, health and social care systems relating to individuals engaging in care pathways
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the psychological implications of engagement with these care pathways for individuals and their families
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles of a clinical/counselling/health psychologist in relation to a patient, their family, the staff teams and the wider organisational systems around them
- Able to demonstrate successful use of strategies to prioritise and manage time when there are conflicting demands
- Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from young people/adults in a culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations. This will include the ability to provide complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner.
- Ability to access, record and manage information and data pertaining to the work undertaken in medical and psychology notes, data bases and electronic records as required
- Able to demonstrate a realistic awareness of the potential for work related stress and distress in this type of clinical work plus strategies to manage this
- Able to travel to regional clinics, meetings and home visits if required
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification experience of clinical work within a health care setting, with individuals who have an acute/long-term medical conditions
- Experience of working with children/young people who have a physical health condition
- Post qualification experience of working as a clinical psychologist providing psychological consultation, case management supervision and training to multi-professional and multi-agency teams
- Post qualification experience of working as a clinical psychologist undertaking consultation and service development work within a multi-disciplinary physical health setting
- Formal teaching / presentation sessions to health and other professionals
- Demonstrable understanding of the implications of acute and long term health conditions for children/young people and their families
- Demonstrable knowledge of legislation and guidance pertaining to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, consent, confidentiality and standards of psychological care within relevant NICE and other guidance
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising qualified clinical psychologists
- Accredited supervision training
- Experience of working with children/young people in a paediatric service
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Empathic
- Compassionate
- Excellent communication skills at all levels
- Manage competing demands
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
- Katie Redwood
- Job title
- Specialist Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0117 342 8168
- Additional information
Sophie Velleman
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
United Bristol Healthcare Trust
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Marlborough Street
Bristol
Success
BS2 8HW
- Telephone
- 01173425000 (option 1)
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