Clinical Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Job share
- Hours / week
- 15
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a dedicated Clinical Psychologist to join the Paediatric Psychology Department at Sheffield Children's Hospital. You will provide psychological input across the gastroenterology pathway, working with children and young people aged 0-18 and their families. The position involves delivering high-quality care within a supportive, multidisciplinary team and contributing to service development. It is a fixed-term, part-time role for 36 months.
Key responsibilities
- Provide psychological assessments and tailored interventions for patients.
- Offer expert consultation and advice to colleagues and carers on psychological care.
- Work autonomously within professional and service guidelines.
- Contribute to service development, audit, and research initiatives.
- Support training and continuous improvement across the department.
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
- Experience - in addition to a single training placement - of clinical work with children and families with health-care needs.
- Registration as a clinical psychologist (or other domain title as agreed)
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with neurodevelopmental and/or neurological difficulties and their families
- Clinical experience of working with a wide variety of child neurodevelopmental difficulties (Autism Spectrum Disorders, Learning Disability, ADHD etc.) and/or neurological difficulties, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse
- 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 and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Some knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Commitment to multi-disciplinary team working - a team player
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of working with children and young people in a range of clinical settings
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in physical health settings in particular assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with development disabilities and their families
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc)
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in children with physical health difficulties
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
Fixed Term | 15 hours per week | 36 months
We're looking for a dedicated professional to join our dynamic Paediatric Psychology Department at Sheffield Children's Hospital. As one of the UK's leading specialist paediatric centres, the hospital cares for children and young people aged 0-18, referred from across the country for expert treatment and support.
This is a unique opportunity to provide psychological input across gastroenterology pathway, with scope for work across the specialities within a leading children's hospital. You'll be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality care to children, young people, and their families
About You:
- Clinical Psychologist with relevant professional registration
- Experience working with children and young people in clinical settings
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across specialities and discipline
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Paediatrics, Neurology and Neurodisability
- Provide psychological assessments and tailored interventions for patients
- Offer expert consultation and advice to colleagues and carers on psychological care
- Work autonomously within professional
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