Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 425-25-7353604
- Employer
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Albion House
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Sheffield Healthy Minds Mental Health Support Team, an innovative project delivering early intervention, prevention, and trauma-informed care in partnership with local schools. We're looking for a Senior Clinical Psychologist to provide clinical leadership, helping shape and deliver our offer to educational settings across Sheffield.
About You: You are an experienced Clinical Psychologist with:
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Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology with HCPC registration
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Experience in CAMHS and applying psychological theory in practice
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A collaborative approach to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
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A proactive mindset and confidence managing change in a developing service
Main duties of the job
Reporting into the Clinical Lead (Healthy Minds), your responsibilities will include:
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Lead a team of mental health professionals delivering school-based interventions
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Provide clinical leadership to ensure high-quality, trauma-informed care
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Work with Senior Mental Health Leads in schools to enhance emotional wellbeing provision
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Offer consultation, reflective practice, and clinical supervision to team members
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Deliver training to school staff and partner agencies
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Undertake direct therapeutic work with children and young people
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Apply psychological theory and evidence-based approaches to create tailored interventions
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Support workforce development through clinical training and reflective practice
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Lead on audits, service evaluations, and project management in collaboration with educational staff
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
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology D Clin Psych as accredited by the BPS.
- Further specialist supervision in specific psychological approaches
- Registration with the HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision (EMHP Supervisor Course)
- Qualification in supervision of practitioners in delivering psychotherapies.
- Further training in a range of psychotherapeutic approaches relevant to the service area.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with psychological and mental health problems and their families in health settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems across the full age range, reflecting all levels of severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Extensive clinical experience working in CAMHS services with at least 3 years’ experience post qualification in a senior position.
- Experience of developing and delivering specialised treatment packages with individuals and groups/families.
- Experience in the supervision of psychological practitioners
Desirable criteria
- Experience in the supervision of psychological practitioners
- Substantial experience in teaching or training others
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working within educational settings or education
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Experience of applying psychological theory and evidence-based practices to develop tailored interventions.
- Leading a team
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 clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional groups.
- Team leadership skills
- Skills in providing consultation
- Skills in facilitating reflective practice
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi- media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic setting.
- Postgraduate knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex data analysis.
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
- Zoe Brownlie
- Job title
- Service Lead Healthy Minds MHST
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 305 3218
- Additional information
Email contact is preferred.
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