We are delighted to be offering two permanent paediatric psychology positions within our expanding Clinical Health Psychology Department at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
This new role will initially focus on establishing a psychology service within the paediatric epilepsy MDT, and in the future it will involve working with other neurodevelopmental or chronic health conditions. Preparation work to establish these roles in paediatrics is underway with the relevant MDTs and there will be senior leadership providing specific support to this postholder.
This opportunity is ideally suited to someone with experience of and a passion for working with children, young people, their families and colleagues from other disciplines . A key part of the role will be to evaluate the service and evidence need, to argue for further investment. There is some flexibility for the role to be adjusted to suit the postholder and the role could be offered as an Band7/8a preceptorship.
Supervision will be provided internally, offering good opportunities for professional support and development. This post will be based at The Rainbow Hub Elland (with the epilepsy MDT and diabetes psychologist) with some work across other hospital sites.
We welcome any enquires about this position so please do get in touch. Please note there may be specific days required for this post, which can be discussed on enquiry.
The post-holder will establish and deliver a high quality, specialist Paediatric Clinical Psychology service (epilepsy/neurodevelopmental conditions) at CHFT. They will take a specialist lead clinical role, and will work as an integral part of the epilepsy and paediatric teams, providing direct clinical interventions and consultation and supervision to other professional colleagues. An important element of the role is the ongoing development of the service and therefore experience in this area is important. The post holder will be a valued part of a growing Clinical Health Psychology Department and contribute to supervision, line management and trust wide developments as required.
We are a growing Clinical Health Psychology Department with good relationships across CHFT. We are committed to developing excellent quality care that aims to meet psychological needs of patients who are treated within CHFT. We develop services in a patient focussed way and compassionate care is at the heart of our Department. We actively encourage and support CPD, supervision, service-related audit and research. As a newly established department, there is significant scope to work creatively in the continuation of new trust wide developments and be part of shaping our culture.
Please see attached job description and person specification for a full outline of the main responsibilities of this role. This includes the following:
To provide a specialist Clinical Psychology service to paediatric patients as part of the relevant multidisciplinary team(s).
To undertake a range of evidenced-based psychological interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual and family) adapted and tailored to the needs of the individual and the context and the ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the intervention.
To offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers.
To have strategic oversight of the implementation, evaluation and measurement of the development of the paediatric asthma/LTCs psychology service.
To offer consultation, advice and disseminate psychological ideas to the wider paediatric department.
To make a contribution to the general management, governance and supervision of the wider Clinical Health Psychology Service as agreed.
To work autonomously in the execution of these duties and within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Clinical Health Psychology Department and Trust policies and procedures

Please refer the Job description for details