Senior Psychologist inBasingstoke inBasingstoke PUBLISHED
THU 16 JAN 2025
Opportunity to specialize in pediatric psychology and make a significant impact on the well-being of children and families dealing with chronic health conditions.
Supportive multidisciplinary team environment, encouraging collaboration and shared learning among healthcare professionals.
Access to regular clinical supervision from a principal psychologist, ensuring personal and professional growth.
Involvement in service development and leadership opportunities, fostering career advancement and skill enhancement.
Engagement with external partners such as schools and social care, promoting a holistic approach to patient care.
Flexible working patterns available, allowing for work-life balance and accommodating individual needs.
The Senior Psychologist role at Basingstoke with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a part-time, fixed-term position focused on providing psychological support in the neonatal unit and outpatient settings. The successful candidate will work 22.5 hours per week, primarily assisting families of infants in the neonatal unit, as well as children and young people facing chronic health conditions. The role requires evidence-based psychological interventions for a range of conditions and involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, engaging in service development opportunities, and maintaining professional relationships with external partners.
This position is only open to applicants currently employed within an NHS Trust in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System, and it offers regular clinical supervision and the possibility of flexible working arrangements. The role also promotes professional development and the chance to work with training courses from local universities. Interested candidates can reach out for more informal inquiries regarding the position.
This position is only open to applicants currently employed within an NHS Trust in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System, and it offers regular clinical supervision and the possibility of flexible working arrangements. The role also promotes professional development and the chance to work with training courses from local universities. Interested candidates can reach out for more informal inquiries regarding the position.
This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).
Role Description
HHFT have an exciting opportunity to join our paediatric psychology team.
We are looking for a Senior Clinical Psychologist/ Applied Psychologist who has skills, experience and interest in working with parents whose baby is under the care of the neonatal unit at Basingstoke Hospital.
This post is a fixed term, up to 12 months, maternity cover post from April 2025.
Role Description
HHFT have an exciting opportunity to join our paediatric psychology team.
We are looking for a Senior Clinical Psychologist/ Applied Psychologist who has skills, experience and interest in working with parents whose baby is under the care of the neonatal unit at Basingstoke Hospital.
This post is a fixed term, up to 12 months, maternity cover post from April 2025.
- This post has a key focus on supporting families and staff within the BNHH neonatal unit (0.2 wte).
- The remaining sessions will be supporting children and families referred under the general paediatric psychology care pathway for children, young people and their families living with chronic health conditions, to improve their quality of life and well-being.
- This is a fixed term 22.5 hours per week, part-time band 8a position based at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.
- The post holder will provide psychological support to parents while their baby is under the care of the BNHH neonatal unit.
- This post involves providing evidence-based psychological interventions to children and young people referred with a broad range of physical health conditions including; cystic fibrosis, respiratory conditions, cardiac, epilepsy, oncology, allergies, chronic pain, and persistent physical symptom presentations.
- We provide outpatient assessment and therapy and some inpatient input.
- You will be well supported by MDT-colleagues, psychology team members and receive regular clinical supervision from a principal psychologist and speciality support from within the Thames Valley and Wessex Neonatal Regional Network
- You will be encouraged to engage in professional, leadership and service development opportunities and to develop working relationships with our external partners (schools, CAMHS, social care, etc.) where appropriate.
- We have good links with the D. Clin course at the University of Southampton, whose trainees come on placement with us.
- Your life outside HHFT is important and we are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview.
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