Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Psychology
- Grade
- 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 213-Division-A-7874441
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's College Hospital Denmark Hill
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Practitioner Psychologist in Paediatrics - Children's CEW
8a
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
The successful post holder will input into the delivery and operationalisation of an integrated model of psychological care for children and young people with medical needs. The post holder will provide specialist screening, assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and flexible psychologist to become part of our paediatric psychology team serving a diverse inner-city population. Specialist paediatric and clinical health psychology across all ages has a long tradition at King's College Hospital, and you will be joining a group of psychology and mental health professionals who are dedicated and supportive.
Main duties of the job
To provide a comprehensive clinical psychology service to children, young people and their families under the Complications of Excess Weight Service (CEW) at King's College Hospital and Barts Health NHS Trust.
- Assessment, formulation, evidence-based treatment and implementation and monitoring of outcomes, including cognitive and neurodevelopmental evaluation.
- Together with senior colleagues, to ensure the systematic provision of a highly specialist psychology service, with onwards referrals according to local pathways.
- Ensuring that psychological wellbeing is being considered in the planning and delivery of multidisciplinary care to all patients.
- To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
- To provide clinical supervision and consultation to non-psychology colleagues as appropriate.
- To undertake and contribute to service evaluation, audit and research.
- To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will provide a comprehensive clinical psychology service to children, young people and their families under the Complications of Excess Weight Service (CEW) at King's College Hospital and Barts Health NHS Trust.
- You will develop close links with multidisciplinary colleagues in the CEW/wider network.
- You will ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to children and young people.
- You will deliver the aims of CEW in collaboration with all members of the MDT.
- You will provide consultation and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the treatment team, both within the hospital and the wider healthcare team in the community.
- You will deliver a range of appropriate staff support methods including teaching, clinical case discussion, clinical supervision in either group or individual format, according to need.
We are looking for a skilled and experienced clinical psychologist who shows the ability to build collaborative working relationships with colleagues from different disciplines and services.
- The appointee will have experience in working in the health area, ideally with children and/or young adults.
- Experience and knowledge around supporting those with an intellectual disability will be an advantage
- Experience in sharing psychological knowledge and understanding with colleagues via teaching, training and multidisciplinary meetings will be required.
- Experience of working with children and young people is essential and we would welcome applicants with relevant experience in weight management, eating disorders, a health setting, health promotion and prevention setting, or any experience in a setting where behaviour change work is a focus.
Person specification
Quals, Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
Desirable criteria
- Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma
- Experience of working with intellectual disability
- Experience of working with children with chronic health problems and their families.
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
- Jemma Day
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 299 3778
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