Job overview

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join the largest paediatric psychology service in the UK to cover maternity leave. The postholder will join dynamic and supportive clinical psychology teams attached to Urology and Endocrinology. The Urology Department is nationally and internationally recognised for clinical excellence and for pioneering life-saving surgical techniques. The Endocrinology Department is the largest specialist service for children and young people with endocrine problems and diabetes mellitus in Europe and, in conjunction with UCLH, forms the London Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes.

Clinical Psychology is a highly valued profession within each multi-disciplinary team helping to optimise medical care by working with patients, their families and the MDT who are struggling with procedural fear, treatment adherence and medical decision-making as well as supporting staff wellbeing in a busy acute medical environment. The postholder will also be a part of innovative individual, group and social interventions designed to support children and families managing illness-related stigma and young people developing independent identities that incorporate significant differences such as differences in sexual development.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will have opportunities to develop supervision, teaching and training skills with our large team of pre-qualification psychologists including trainee clinical psychologists. The postholder will have opportunities to develop research skills by participating in the ongoing programme of quality improvement and research projects in conjunction with UCL Institute of Child Health, the largest concentration of child health research outside of North America.

The postholder will be encouraged to engage with ongoing professional development opportunities with specialist departmental lecture series’ as well as clinical special interest groups such as in narrative therapy, ACT, medical trauma, cognitive assessment and medically unexplained symptoms and through the Institute of Child Health and GOSH Learning Academy.

For more information, please contact Kristina Soon [email protected]; Sarah Mann [email protected] 

ROLE TO COMMENCE IN OCTBER 2025

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.