Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 425-25-7276581
- Employer
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Centenary House
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £64,455 - £74,896 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Principal Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Job overview
Permanent | 30 hrs per week
Join our experienced and compassionate team within Sheffield Children's! Our team works across two sites - Centenary House and The Becton Centre - and collaborates to deliver high-quality, evidence-based psychological care for children, young people, and families. As a Principal Clinical Psychologist, you will provide specialist psychological services within Community CAMHS, supporting innovation and excellence in mental health care.
We're looking for an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with:
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Post-graduate doctoral-level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the BPS.
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Expertise in psychological assessment, formulation, and therapeutic intervention.
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Additional post-doctoral training and experience in specific therapeutic approaches and client groups.
Help shape the future of child and adolescent mental health in Sheffield. Apply now and be part of a forward-thinking and supportive team!
Main duties of the job
Reporting into the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist, your responsibilities will include:
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Provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people referred to the service.
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Lead on psychological formulation and care planning within a multi-agency context.
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Offer consultation, training, and support to non-psychologist colleagues and carers.
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Contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit, and applied research.
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Supervise and help develop more junior psychologists and trainees.
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Promote a culture of learning, reflective practice, and collaborative working.
Working for our organisation
At Sheffield Children’s, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are Outstanding Patient Care, Brilliant Place to Work, and Leaders in Children’s Health.
We work with partners across local, regional, and national levels to deliver physical and mental healthcare in both acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are nationally and internationally recognised for their expertise.
We’re proud that 73% of colleagues would recommend Sheffield Children’s as a place to work, placing us among the top five NHS trusts in England — and the top-ranked trust in the North East and Yorkshire — in the latest NHS Staff Survey.
Our nearly 4,000 colleagues bring our CARE values — Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence — to life every day, creating a kind, welcoming environment where patients and families feel safe and supported.
As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we’re excited to keep building our leadership in children's health, improve experiences for patients and staff, and focus on our communities and population health.
We also offer excellent benefits to support your wellbeing, with generous annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing programmes, and exclusive discounts — helping you thrive at work and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification.
Please note that Sheffield Children's uplift pay to meet the Real Living Wage, which is £12.60 per hour.
Diversity Statement
At Sheffield Children’s, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and supports everyone’s success. We prioritise Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in our recruitment practices, creating a welcoming space for people of all backgrounds, including ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ members.
Recognising that inclusivity is an ongoing effort, we review our processes and welcome feedback to enhance our practices. A diverse team strengthens our organisation and the quality of care we deliver. For ideas on how we can improve, please contact our Recruitment Manager at [email protected]. Together, we’re building a workplace where everyone belongs.
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Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- • Further specialist training & supervision in specific psychological approaches and with specific client groups supported by a programme of professional development as identified in an agreed personal development plan.
- • Further post doctoral training, supervision and experience in the specific area of service
- • Registration as a Clinical Psychologist with Health Professions Council (or other domain title as agreed)
Desirable criteria
- • Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- • Further formal training, qualification or accreditation in specialised psychological approaches (eg BPS DECP, DNP, UKCP etc).
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Assessed experience and competencies normally acquired through working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a minimum of four years with 2 years at a highly specialist level and including significant experience in services for children with mental health, health and/or neurodevelopmental difficulties.
- • Experience of working and communicating with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course; in particular children of pre-school, primary school age and adolescents, as well as work with family groups and adults, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
- • Specific experience and competencies in child clinical psychology and paediatric neuropsychology including work with acute and chronic illness presentations, in- and out-patients and consultation to professional colleagues.
- • Experience of delivering and/or supervising child and family presentations across a range of sectors- including (a) CAMHS, (b) physical health/paediatrics, (c) child development, (d) learning disabilities, (e) neuropsychology, (f) social services/child protection, (g) Pre-school/Early Years, (h) adolescence, (I) forensic, (j) primary care and community development.
- • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- • Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of representing a psychological perspective within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- • Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
- • Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of children with specific health or developmental difficulties
- • Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- • Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children of all ages, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- • Doctoral level knowledge and or equivalent of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology.
Desirable criteria
- • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. eating disorder, dual diagnoses, child protection, chronic or terminal illness, severely challenging behaviours etc.)
- • Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessment and intervention approaches in specific modalities (e.g. family therapy, cognitive therapy, psychotherapy etc.) or integrative approaches.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- • Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- • Ability to identify, and employ as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- • Commitment and competencies in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
- • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
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
- Sam Watson
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2716540
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