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Job summary

Main area
Paediatrics
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
35 hours per week
Job ref
259-8114672RLH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal London Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/07/2026 23:59

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Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Paediatric Clinical Psychologist

Band 7

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. 

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

We currently have an exciting opportunity for the post of Clinical Psychologist within the tertiary Paediatrics Retinoblastoma Service and Paediatric Liaison Team, based at the Royal London Children’s Hospital, Whitechapel. The Paediatric Retinoblastoma Service is a national service and the post will involve 15 hours a week working with this service and 20 hours within the wider Paediatric Liaison Team at the Royal London Children’s Hospital consisting of paediatric practitioner psychologists, child psychiatry, mental health nurse and psychotherapy.

The appointment is at a band 7 and suitable for recently qualified Clinical Psychologists or clinical psychologists currently working at Band 7 and seeking to gain experience working in paediatrics.

 

The successful candidate will provide specialist psychological intervention to children who have eye cancers and their families as well as offering specialist advice and consultation on the children and young peoples’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and contributing to psychologically informed care as part of the MDT. The post will also include working across other paediatric specialities and general paediatrics to deliver psychological care to children and young people with acute and chronic physical health conditions as both inpatient and outpatient. 

Main duties of the job

The job role will be split between offering clinical psychology input for 15 hours a week to the retinoblastoma team and 20 hours a week working with the paediatric liaison team. 

The retinoblastoma team is one of two national teams who offer diagnosis and treatment of children with rare eye cancer. The team is made up surgeons, clinical nurse specialists, play specialist, support worker, opthamologist and psychologist. The majority of children seen are under the age of five years so a significant proportion of work is parent support. 

The Paediatric Liaison Team is a specialist multidisciplinary team (Psychology, Psychiatry, mental health nursing and psychotherapy) that provides a psychological health service to Children’s services at Barts Health NHS Trust. The paediatric service at the Royal London Hospital is a regional service with over 70 in-patient beds and 10 specialist medical teams.The paediatric liaison team offer specialised assessment, formulations and interventions to young people with acute and chronic health conditions, both as inpatient and outpatient. They also offer advice and consultation to medical teams within the children’s hospital. The post holder will also utilise their research skills to contribute to service audit and development when needed.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of clinical psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
Desirable criteria
  • Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
  • Further training in paediatric psychology

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client 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. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
  • Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
  • Experience in a paediatric psychology setting.

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Elizabeth Nash
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
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