Senior Clinical PsychologistinSheffieldinSheffieldPUBLISHED WED 27 NOV 2024

Sheffield Children's is looking for an accomplished Clinical Psychologist to join our inpatient CAMHS team at the Becton Centre, providing specialist care to young people with complex mental health needs across three inpatient units: Sapphire, Emerald, and Ruby Lodge.

You will:

• Deliver psychological assessments and therapy to children and young people, contributing to their psychological care and treatment.

• Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team, including Psychiatry, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, and other therapeutic disciplines.

• Receive support from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, with access to a network of professionals and opportunities for professional development, CPD, and cross-training within the Trust's child services.

We are open to applications from recently qualified or soon-to-be qualified Clinical Psychologists and are happy to consider this post as a Band 7-8a development position.

If you're looking for a rewarding, dynamic role where you can improve the lives of young people, we welcome you to apply to join our team at the Becton Centre.

Reporting into the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist, your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver direct clinical work (individual, parent, and group therapy) and contribute to the therapeutic milieu.

• Lead team formulations and interventions, working with multidisciplinary colleagues to support patient care.

• Conduct assessments and contribute to the formulation and treatment of children with complex mental health needs and learning disabilities.

• Support the stabilisation and discharge process, working with families and carers to facilitate positive change.

• Collate information for specialist assessments, including neurodevelopmental considerations.

• Provide clinical leadership, promoting collaboration with colleagues, families, young people, and community partners.

About us

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.

Inclusive Recruitment & Selection

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.

We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager:

We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at

Trust Values

The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:

• Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
• Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
• Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
• Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care