Clinical Psychologist

We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to a full time, permanent post within the Paediatric Psychology department at Northwick Park Hospital (NWP).

Experience of working in paediatric psychology is desirable, but not essential as you will be supervised by an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist and part of a developing paediatric psychology team. This position would suit a newly qualified psychologist with a keen interest in developing their career in Paediatrics.

You will have an interest in applying a range of psychological models in a flexible way, working directly with children, young people and their families. There will be indirect work via liaison and consultation with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies. Part of your role may include staff support, providing debriefs and regular reflective practice to teams, as well as MDT teaching.

You will be part of the wider CNWL Paediatric Psychology Service. This service meets monthly for business, journal and research presentations, as well as clinical and skill sharing. There is also a CNWL paediatric diabetes specialist interest group that meets quarterly., To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to patients being seen within the Paediatric Service at Northwick Park Hospital across all sectors of care; providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.

Northwick Park Hospital is a large teaching hospital offering secondary and tertiary level medical services to ethnically and socio-economically diverse populations. Clinical Psychology services are provided to the Paediatric, Oncology, Epilepsy and Diabetes teams.

The Central and North West London NHS Trust (CNWL) is responsible for the provision of Child and Adolescent Mental health Services (CAMHS) to the populations of Brent, Hillingdon, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster and Milton Keynes, as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to other Trusts and Agencies, and to a wider regional catchment area. The CNWL Paediatric and Child Development Psychology service provides services to 7 acute hospitals across the Central and North West London area.