Clinical Psychologist
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Warrington, WA1 1GGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
5 November 2026
12 days leftJob description
Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend th...
The main duties for this role are provided in the attached job description
For further details please contactgsnorthwest@alderhey.nhs.uk.
The CYPGS base is Mandarin Court, Centre Park, Warrington which includes the following benefits:
- Free parking and free EV charging
- Short walk from Warrington Bank Quay station
- Bicycle storage and on site changing facilities
- Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit Health and Care Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK
Education and Training
Essential
- 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.
- Registered with the HCPC.
Desirable: - Prequalification training and qualifications in research methodology staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Other requirements
Essential
- 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
Desirable: - Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework
Experience
Essential
- Doctoral knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research, methodology, research design and complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and possible physical aggression.
- Experience of working with children, young people and families presenting with complex psychological, emotional or adjustment difficulties associated with long-term health conditions and/or specialist paediatric services
- Experience of multidisciplinary working involving complex assessment, formulation and collaborative care planning.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to young people and mental health
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in those groups with complex presentations e.g. dual diagnoses, children and adolescents with additional disabilities.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience working with children and young people experiencing gender incongruence or gender-related distress
- Experience of working within specialist paediatric services and/or differences of sex development services
- Experience of delivering group interventions, training or consultation.
Skills and abilities
Essential
- 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 children and young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and multi-agency systems.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
23 October 2026
Last checked
24 October 2026
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