Practitioner Psychologist

Practitioner Psychologist

The closing date is 01 October 2025

We are seeking a Clinical Psychologist or other accredited psychological professional as a key provider of evidence-based psychological assessment and interventions for parents, infants and staff on the neonatal units at Epsom and St Helier Hospital.

The role includes providing highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention with families within the neonatal unit and paediatric inpatients, offering advice and consultation on psychological aspects of care to other health professionals and supporting clinical team members. The postholder will work autonomously, within recognised professional guidelines as part of the teams. The post holder will utilise knowledge of evidence based psychological interventions and research skills to implement audit, research and service development projects. The postholder will be involved in the training and continuing professional development of clinical psychologists and other health professionals. The postholder will be part of the wider Paediatric Psychology Service and the Trust Clinical health psychology provision.

Please note that 0.45 of this post is dedicated to NNU at St Helier Hospital and the remaining 0.35FTE are to support an inpatient service at both QMCH and Epsom Hospital.

Provisional interview date: Monday 13th October

Main duties of the job

• Assessment and intervention with families and infants within the neonatal units.
• Provision of specialist psychological advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary teams - neonatal and paediatric inpatient.
• Supporting and training neonatal staff teams.
• Supervision of Assistant Psychologist/Trainee Psychologists.
• Liaison with wider specialist services.
• Service audit and evaluation.
• Participation in wider neonatal network.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, St Helier Hospital, and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to SWLEOC.

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job description and responsibilities

Please refer to the attached supporting job description and person specification for more information. Ensure your application references the job description and person specification. The recruiting team reserves the right to close this advertisement early when applications reach the maximum limit.

Person Specification Training and qualifications Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or its equivalent
• HCPC registered

Desirable

• Relevant post-doctoral training

Experience Essential

• Post-qualification experience with at least 50 hours of clinical supervision as a clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment across care settings (outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient, residential)
• Experience of working with MDTs
• Experience of service development and innovation

Desirable

• Experience in paediatric/medical settings
• Experience of offering staff support

Knowledge and skills Essential

• Strong communication skills to convey complex information to children, families and professionals
• Skills in complex psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Experience providing consultation to professional and non-professional groups
• Experience addressing diversity within a multicultural framework

Desirable

• Knowledge of specialised psychological approaches for issues in this setting (e.g., traumatic reactions, bereavements, medical settings)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. See NHS Careers for details.

Employer details

Employer name: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: Cross site, Wrythe Lane, Sutton, SM5 1AA

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Salary: £61,631 to £68,623 a year, Pa incl HCAS Outer pro rata