Weare looking to recruit a 0.5/0.6 WTE Consultant Lead PaediatricNeuropsychologist in the Department of Paediatric Psychology (DPP), LeedsChildrens Hospital. This substantivepost is based at the Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) and whilst the post offersworking time flexibilities, attendance on-site two days per week is essential
Thepost-holder will lead the Paediatric Neuropsychology Team, which is one offour in the DPP. This consists of two Principal PaediatricNeuropsychologists, one Senior Clinical Psychologist, an Early CareerClinical Psychologist and an Assistant Psychologist. Clinically, your role will involveoversight of referral pathways and access targets, monitoring performance andefficiencies together with the Head of Department and Business Manager. Youwill also afford a wider range of clinical experiences, including face toface assessments, therapy and supervision.
Asa senior member of the Department, your role will contribute to theleadership, management and strategic objective-setting of theDepartment.
Thepost-holder will be joining a well-established, and highly respectedNeurology group.
TheDepartment fully adheres to the BPS position on CPD and values continuouslearning, and you would have the opportunity to join department-wideworkstreams (e.g., parent-notes project, analogue to-digital strategy group).
Expected ShortlistingDate
24/11/2025
Planned InterviewDate
08/12/2025
Main duties of the job
Tolead, manage and provide a qualified Paediatric Neuropsychology service tochildren and young people (CYP) seen in the Regional Paediatric NeurologySpecialty, across all sites and sectors of care by providing highlyspecialist neuro/psychological assessment and therapy.
Linemanage two Principal Paediatric Neuropsychologists, and offer supervision ofother in the team in line with Diploma and QiCN requirements.
Jointhe departmental Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and participate inleading/overseeing departmental strategic and operational objectives.
About us
Thepost-holder will be joining The Department of Paediatric Psychology (DPP),with over 35 clinicians, organised in four sectors of care: Long TermConditions, Surgery & Oncology, Cardiology & Critical Care, andPaediatric Neuropsychology. You will be line managed by the Head ofDepartment.
TheDepartment is academically ambitious with good links to Yorkshire and HumberRegion DClinPsych Training Programmes as well as the Schools of Medicine andPsychology at the University of Leeds.Scholarly activity is an important part of what we do, and thesuccessful candidate will be encouraged to engage in academic opportunities.
Mostimportantly, the Department values the balance between work and home life.Where we can, we support flexible, agile working which can include, somehomeworking, compressed hours and varied start/finish times.
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.
Job responsibilities
Toensure the systematic provision of a high quality clinical psychology serviceto staff within LTHT, across sites and sectors of care by:
a) Providing highly specialistpsychological assessment, therapy and supervision
b) Offering advice and consultation onstaff well-being and system level interventions to non-psychologistcolleagues
c) Developing systems to promoteefficient and equitable delivery of care
d) Clinical and professional supervisionof colleagues
e) Using research skills for audit,policy and service development and leading on research projects within thearea served by the team/service
f) Working autonomously in the deliveryof these duties within professional guidelines, the evidence-based literatureand the overall framework of the Team, Department of Clinical & HealthPsychology and Trust policies and procedures.
JOBDIMENSIONS
Core:
Develop and maintain communicationwith people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
Develop oneself and others in areasof practice
Promote, monitor and maintain bestpractice in health, safety and security
Appraise, interpret and applysuggestions, recommendations and directives to improve services
Contribute to improving quality
Promote equality and diversity.
Healthand well-being:
Plan, develop and implementprogrammes to promote health and wellbeing and prevent adverse effects onhealth and wellbeing
Assess complex health and wellbeingneeds and develop, monitor and review care plans to meet those needs
Implement aspects of a protectionplan and review its effectiveness
Assess physiological andpsychological functioning when there are complex and/or undifferentiatedabnormalities, diseases and disorders and develop, monitor and review relatedtreatment plans
Plan, deliver and evaluateinterventions and/or treatments when there are complex issues and/or seriousillness.
Informationand knowledge;
Plan, develop and evaluate methodsand processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting and presenting data andinformation.
General;
Plan, deliver and reviewinterventions to enable people to learn and develop
Test and review new concepts,models, methods, practices, products and equipment
Monitor expenditure
Plan, coordinate and monitor thedelivery of services and/or projects
Plan, allocate and supervise thework of a team
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
* Professional Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
* Listed on, or eligible for, entry onto the British Psychological Societys (BPS) Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.
Experience
* Experience of specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient
* experience of providing neuropsychology within an inpatient neurorehabilitation centre is crucial for this post.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
* maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
* Further training in a specialised area of clinical practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent)
* or a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice
* Experience selecting, administering and interpreting a wide range of neuropsychological tests to provide neuropsychological assessment within the context of neurological or neurosurgical presentations
* Experience of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists in acute health setting/s.
* Experience of neuropsychological assessment of children and young people.
* Experience of managing (or exposure to), operational pressures (e.g., access targets, patient prioritisation, and productivity management).
Skills & behaviours
* Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of clinical psychology and clinical neuropsychology.
* Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
* Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
* Knowledge of the neuropsychological profiles associated with a range of neurological, neurosurgical and neuropsychological disorders to provide diagnostic neuropsychological assessment
* Understand the psychometric principles that underpin cognitive testing. Ability to apply principles of management and rehabilitation to a range of neuropsychological/ neurological disorders
* A high-level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level, highly complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families and carers
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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