Principle Clinical Psychologist in Paediatrics

This post provides a clinical and leadership role to our specialist health cluster. The post holder will be expected to have oversight for the psychological care being provided to a range of our specialist medical teams who have embedded psychological provision including HIV, gastroenterology, respiratory, diabetes, complications of excess weight and infectious diseases. The post holder themselves will provide direct clinical care into our HIV service.
As part of the post, there will be scope to contribute to research and policy and to innovate with regards to service development and delivery.
The Paediatric Psychological Therapies Team is a large, friendly and expanding service. We consist of clinical psychologists, mental health practitioners, assistant psychologists, trainees and administrators. Our service provides psychological support to both inpatient and outpatients, covering a wide range of specialties.
For an informal discussion please contact Dr Zoe Berger, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on , Main duties include having clinical oversight for psychological care being provided to our HIV, gastroenterology, respiratory, diabetes, complications of excess weight and infectious diseases teams.
To ensure high standards of psychological care are being offered across the cluster. To ensure ongoing systematic review and evaluation of these services
To provide clinical supervision and line management for more junior psychologists who work into these teams
To provide a highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to CYP and their families who need it across these services.
To provide direct clinical care to CYP under the HIV service.

St Georges Hospital is one of London's largest children's hospitals, with one of only four paediatric trauma units in London. St George's also hosts the only paediatric intensive care unit in South West London. We are one of the top three centres for specialist paediatric surgery in London, and a centre of excellence in foetal medicine. Psychology plays a key role within children's services; embedded within MDTs to deliver high quality evidence based and family integrated care.
We are a thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflect these.