Department of Paediatric Psychology, Leeds Children’s Hospital Senior Clinical Psychologists, Leeds Centre for Newborn Care (Neonates) 2.6 WTE AfC Band 8a Whilst these posts are suitable for band 8a, we would happily support the career development of a band 7 candidate via a well-developed preceptorship programme. An exciting opportunity has arisen to expand the existing Neonatal Psychology Service across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. We are looking for Senior Clinical Psychologists who are caring, compassionate and dedicated to delivering proactive, preventative and flexible psychological support to parents and their newborn babies. The roles involve working within a level 3 Neonatal Unit (including neonatal intensive care, high dependency, surgical and special baby care and transitional care) across 2 neonatal wards at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital. The successful candidates will be part of a large Neonatal MDT, including nursing, medical and surgical colleagues, allied health professionals and outreach.
The Neonatal Unit serves a large population across Yorkshire and Humber, providing specialist care for babies who are born early or small, those with congenital difficulties or those who become ill at the time of their birth. For this role, knowledge and skill using models such as CFT, CBT and Trauma-Informed care are beneficial. An understanding and/or experience of Infant Mental Health models, Perinatal Mental Health difficulties and Paediatric and Clinical Health Psychology domains will also be required for this role.
We believe that joining this expanding service gives the opportunity for interesting and varied work. We are a team who value the balance between work and home life. Where we can, we support agile working, e.g. partial homeworking, compressed hours and varied start/finish times and job shares. The Trust offers salary-sacrifice, lease cars, cycle-to-work and healthcare-fund schemes, as well as on-site facilities (such as day care nurseries). The Department is academically ambitious with links to the expanding DClinPsych Programme and Schools of Medicine and Psychology at the University of Leeds, Sheffield and Hull. Additionally, we have a strong track record of providing CPD opportunities and clinical supervision in a wide range of therapy modalities. http://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/our-hospitals/leeds-childrens-hospital/new-childrens-hospital.
If you would like to hear more about this role, please contact Sara Matley (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) [email protected] or Rachel Avison (Principal Clinical Psychologist for Neonates) [email protected] for an informal chat.
