Job summary
We are delighted to be recruiting to a full time B7 Practitioner Psychologist in the Paediatric Psychology Service at the Evelina London Children's Hospital. This is a temporary post funded until the end of September 2026 due to secondment cover within the team.The post, based within our Non-Embedded Specialties Team (NEST), is an exciting and varied role providing a wide range of experiences and opportunities across a number of different medical specialities (including general medicine, orthopaedics, surgery, haematology, and plastics).
We are looking for a motivated psychologist with an interest in working with children, young people and families with complex health conditions experiencing associated psychological distress or difficulties, as well as in working with professional colleagues in a collaborative manner to provide high quality holistic care.
We would be delighted to share more about the post. For further information or an informal discussion please contact Dr Nicole Williams, Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, or Dr Rena Jobanputra, Highly Specialist Counselling Psychologist on nicole.williams30@nhs.net / rena.jobanputra3@nhs.net or 02071884640
Anticipated interview date: 10th February 2026
Main duties of the job
The post will be based full time within the Non-Embedded Specialities Team (NEST) offering a wide range of opportunities and varied ways of working.
NEST provides psychological support across general medicine as well as those medical specialities at the Evelina London that do not have an embedded psychology service (e.g. orthopaedics, palliative care, surgery, plastics). The psychologist will be based within a small team of other NEST psychologists across different grades.
The role requires both inpatient and outpatient working. Direct clinical input to young people and families, group work, MDT working, team liaison, and staff consultation are all fundamental elements of the work offered by NEST.
The post sits within Paediatric Psychology Services, which offers good opportunities for collaborative working, audit, research, teaching and training. We meet regularlyas a team to explore clinical dilemmas and share new learnings and developments. Supervision will be provided by an experienced Psychologist within the team. Additional opportunities include but do not stop with; journalclub, reflective practice groups, and peer supervision as well as SIG networks nationally.Service relevant CPD is actively encouraged.
About us
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement; as part of King's Health Partners we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, and dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification document for full information and details regarding the current post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification document for full information and details regarding the current post.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training as a practitioner psychologist (e.g. Clinical, Counselling, Educational or Health Psychology) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) / Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), including specific models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of patients with physical health problems.
- Experience of working psychologically with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups in the area of physical health.
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of psychological interventions, application and supervision of others particularly systemic and third wave cognitive behavioural approaches.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological, neuropsychological and behavioural assessment and intervention, requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- A strong ability to communicate at both a written and oral level, imparting complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, and carers and a wide range of lay and professional people within and outside the NHS. This may require negotiating, motivating, training, reassuring others and demonstrating empathy.
- Experience and ability to undertake risk assessment of children and families in relation to self and others, and refer on to appropriate services as necessary.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of the theory of specialised psychological therapies in areas of physical health.
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to maintain periods of prolonged concentration frequently throughout the day as required for complex methods of psychological assessment and delivery of interventions.
Additional Information
Essential
- Willingness to broaden range of skills and take initiative in both own professional development and the development of the service.
Desirable
- Experience of working with interpreters.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training as a practitioner psychologist (e.g. Clinical, Counselling, Educational or Health Psychology) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) / Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), including specific models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of patients with physical health problems.
- Experience of working psychologically with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups in the area of physical health.
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of psychological interventions, application and supervision of others particularly systemic and third wave cognitive behavioural approaches.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological, neuropsychological and behavioural assessment and intervention, requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- A strong ability to communicate at both a written and oral level, imparting complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, and carers and a wide range of lay and professional people within and outside the NHS. This may require negotiating, motivating, training, reassuring others and demonstrating empathy.
- Experience and ability to undertake risk assessment of children and families in relation to self and others, and refer on to appropriate services as necessary.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of the theory of specialised psychological therapies in areas of physical health.
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to maintain periods of prolonged concentration frequently throughout the day as required for complex methods of psychological assessment and delivery of interventions.
Additional Information
Essential
- Willingness to broaden range of skills and take initiative in both own professional development and the development of the service.
Desirable
- Experience of working with interpreters.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
