Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 21 September 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to join Psychological and Mental Health Services (PAMHS) at Great Ormond Street Hospital. PAMHS is a large, multidisciplinary service providing both paediatric psychology services to GOSH and specialist CAMHS services nationally.

The successful postholder will join the team on a fixed term contract, and will lead the Long Term Health Cluster of Paediatric Psychologists - comprising medical specialties including cardiac, intensive care and cancer services. The team consists of approximately 17 whole time equivalents, with additional trainee clinical psychologists and undergraduate placement students. There is a strong focus on MDT working and excellent relationships are in place with the medical teams who value the input of Psychology.

Main duties of the job

It is an exciting time at GOSH with the development of the Children's Cancer Centre and the launch of the first ever Mental Health Framework, both of which the postholder will have leadership input into.

The postholder will work closely with other Consultant Clinical Psychologist leads across PAMHS to lead the effective provision of services to children with medical conditions, and will form part of the PAMHS senior management team.

For discussion, please contact Dr Helen Griffiths, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Psychological Services:

About us

We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we'll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.

Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women's networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.

We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description attached.

This job description is intended as an outline of the areas of activity and can be amended in the light of the changing needs of the service and will be reviewed as necessary in conjunction with the post-holder.

Person Specification Values

• Gosh Values
• Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or educational psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996).
• Registered with HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist
• Eligibility for Chartered status of the British Psychological Society and membership of Division of Clinical Psychology is optional
• Post graduate education or training in a therapeutic modality with specific relevance to Paediatric Psychology

Experience/Knowledge

• Assessed significant experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist (or equivalent qualification)
• The ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including palliative and critical care, complex health needs and medical decision making
• 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 working as a qualified clinical psychologist in a Paediatric Setting

Skills/Abilities

• Must be able to provide effective clinical leadership.
• Experience of supervision and management of qualified clinical psychologists
• Must be able to plan for delivery of a specialist service, both short/medium and long term, including change management
• Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
• Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in the context of significant barriers to acceptance, hostility, antagonism or highly emotive atmosphere. Communicating at times highly complex condition related information to patients

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

£85,431 to £97,148 a year, inclusive, pro rata