Consultant Practitioner Psychologist and Professional Lead
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Mawrth 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | £76,965.00 i £88,682.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £76965.00 - £88682.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 10 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | North Chailey, BN8 4JN |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9150-26-0167 |
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Job summary This role of Consultant Practitioner Psychologist and Professional Lead for the Chailey Paediatric Neuropsychology Service entails working in the field of brain injury, pathology or other abnormality and complex physical, learning and neurodisability using a wide range of clinical skills that include formal and informal assessment, formulation and diagnosis, behavioural and therapeutic intervention, teaching and consultation. A Consultant Practitioner Psychologist works autonomously as an experienced clinician with complex cases, provides leadership to less experienced colleagues and yet-to-qualify staff through direction, support and supervision, and contributes to the wider service Leadership Team. Consultant Practitioner Psychologists also use their research and service development skills to make positive contributions and changes to their department at a more organisational level. Key attributes of a Consultant Practitioner Psychologist include: Commitment to supporting change Ability to understand and analyse a range of complex information Ability to manage ones own emotions and the emotions of others Drive, self-motivation and assertiveness Exemplary listening skills Enthusiasm for joint working within multidisciplinary teams Ability to communicate in a variety of ways Advocacy for colleagues and client groups, ensuring proper regard for peoples dignity, choice and racial, cultural, sexual, and religious needs and preferences. The postholder will be a key leader and supervisor to a vibrant and dynamic team of experienced and newly-qualified psychological professionals, trainee clinical psychologists on placement and assistant psychologists. The team works closely alongside a wider multidisciplinary team of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Paediatricians, as well as teachers, care staff and nurses within a residential education setting. Knowledge and expertise in assessment and therapeutic intervention work with children, young people and their families is required, as well as experience in consultation with other professionals, and support and supervision for more junior qualified and trainee clinical psychologists. The postholder will also form part of the Senior Leadership Team, supporting operations and contributing to wider leadership oversight and governance of Chailey Clinical Services. The postholder will work autonomouslywithin professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the Services policies and procedures. The role will include provision of consultancy and supervision to wider Trust colleagues, in particular with regards to psychology input into Child Development Centres and the Neurodevelopmental Pathway. The postholder will need to pass enhanced background checks. The postholder will: hold a professional post-doctoral qualification in paediatric neuropsychology be eligible for full membership of the Division of Neuropsychology (DoN) and the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN) be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) be a member or encouraged to pursue membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS) or similar national network and special interest groups Communication and working relationships The postholder will have excellent communication skills working with vast and varied professionals, families and other organisations. The postholder will be expected to confidently communicate highly complex condition-related information to children who may present with emotional and behavioural challenges, and their families. Some of this may be very distressing. The postholder will provide expertise and advice to facilitate effective and appropriate psychological care of patients by all staff in and associated with CCS. The postholder will oversee, supervise and/or support the work of psychology students, assistants, trainees and qualified practitioner psychologists in CCS and in the CDCs. The postholder will be an autonomous practitioner who is responsible and accountable for their own practice and decision making, working to professional guidelines, standards and boundaries, and in accordance with Trust policies, and leading and supporting the development of other psychology professionals within the team to do the same. The postholder will ensure effective and timely communication at all levels (with patients, families, multidisciplinary team members and external agencies). The postholder will have experience and skill in working with children and adults who are confused and agitated, potentially aggressive, and in heightened states of emotional distress, including serious mental illness, where there is safeguarding concern, parental and family disharmony, etc. The postholder will be adept in communicating significant, sensitive, distressing and potentially life-changing information to patients and families when required. Key Responsibilities Contribute to the evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and pathways through the deployment of professional skills in service evaluation, clinical audit and research, leading to an improvement in service delivery that has impact beyond own area of responsibility. Contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology within CCS and the CDCs, by exercising the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments inthe field of psychology, neuropsychology and related disciplines, and leading others to do the same. Assess and treat specialist caseloads of clients at an advanced clinical level and maintain associated records. Make highly skilled professional evaluations and decisions, both in autonomous clinical psychological assessment, clinical decision making, treatment selection and treatment evaluation, and in multidisciplinary team settings. Form judgments in leadership and practice and offer specialist opinion and support in relation to highly complex conditions, issues and situations that take account of the wide variety and sometimes conflicting needs of patients, families, colleagues, team and service, and in the context of limited resources. This, whilst maintaining service quality, team wellbeing and wider staff morale. Plan, manage and prioritise relevant waiting lists and clinical caseloads. Provide, develop and manage highly specialist interventions. Be responsible for the planning, management, and prioritisation of a clinical caseload. Contribute to the development of measures of outcome from psychological treatments, and methods of feedback from patients and families. Acknowledge and take responsibility for assessing and managing risk, including in a crisis or safeguarding situation, and supporting junior colleagues to do the same. Coordinate provision of specialist services; provide specialist advice to other professions and carers; provide psychological consultation to both psychology and non-psychology professionals. Promote partnership with colleagues in other health and social care settings and associated external services. Establish and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, other agencies, service users and their families. Develop and deliver education and training to the multidisciplinary team. Design and conduct clinical audit, service development and other governance activity in CCS and the CDCs in line with trust priorities, maintaining and implementing best practice according to recent evidence base from research findings and developments within the field of paediatric neuropsychology. Recruit, retain and supervise qualified, trainee and assistant psychological practitioners, and provide senior supervisory clinical psychology support to themultidisciplinary rehabilitation and transition team and to Child Development Centres, as required. Be a member of the Chailey Clinical Services Senior Leadership Team, contributing to the development and implementation of Trust and Service policies and procedures.