Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 188-SCL140326
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Anne Hospital
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £66,582 - £77,368 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Closing
- 07/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 30/04/2026
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 8b
Job overview
We are seeking an experienced 8B Clinical Psychologist to lead the psychology service in our tertiary neonatal unit at University Hospital Southampton. The neonatal unit has 23 intensive care cots and 14 special care cots in our recently built Woodland Ward. The successful candidate will work alongside an 8a Clinical Psychologist and the family care nursing team to provide trauma informed, family centred care for babies and their families. There is a long and established relationship with psychology and the post holder will have opportunities to be involved in service development, research and training within the unit.
The post holder will report to the Lead Clinical Psychologist for Child Health and will be part of the wider paediatric psychology service made up of 25 Clinical Psychologists, a Family Therapist, Assistant and Trainee Psychologists and an admin team. We are a friendly and supportive team with good arrangements for supervision and continuing professional development. Within this role, there are excellent opportunities to connect with other psychological professionals working in paediatric and neonatal intensive care units across the country and to link in with the Thames Valley and Wessex Neonatal Network.
Main duties of the job
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are seeking a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about delivering high quality psychological care to babies and families admitted to the NICU. As the lead psychologist on the neonatal unit you will deliver consultation, training and support to the MDT and will offer clinical supervision to Clinical Psychologists working in NICUs across the region. There will be opportunities to collaborate with the Neonatal Network to develop research, service developments and innovations in the field.
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Post graduate doctoral level in training in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council
- HCPC Registration
- Further recognised post-doctoral training in the specialism of neuropsychology
- Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist
- Experience of assessing and working with children and young people with a whole range of emotional and behavioural difficulties and their families/carers, presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of settings including outpatient, community and residential
- Experience of working in an acute paediatric setting and/or experience of working with children and families experiencing issues related to loss, bereavement, long term medical needs and/or cognitive difficulties, severe illness or injury
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to psychology and non-psychology colleagues
- Familiarity with maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and challenging behaviour including physical abuse
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility in the psychological care of children and young people, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multi-agency care plan
- Experience of teaching/training other professionals in Clinical Psychology
- Experience of designing, carrying out, analysing and presenting clinical audit and service evaluation
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Experience in using and interpreting a wide range of psychometric tests, neuropsychological tests and other standardised assessment measures, and of objective observation, recording and analysis of behaviour
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to young people, their families/carers and other professional colleagues within and outside the UK
Desirable criteria
- Further post-doctoral training in one area of psychological therapy e.g. family therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy
- Experience of the application of Psychology in different cultural contexts
- Additional post-qualification leadership and/or supervision training
- Experience of delivering staff support in MDT settings
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 Suzy Gray
- Job title
- Head of Paediatric Psychology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 023 8120 4657
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