Practitioner Psychologist: Neurology, Metabolics & Hearing Implant

We are delighted to be recruiting to a full time, permanent B7 PractitionerPsychologist in the Paediatric Psychology Service at the Evelina London Children's Hospital. This is an exciting, varied post providing a wide range of experiences and opportunities across several different specialities - neurology, inherited metabolic disease, and hearing implant.

We are looking for a motivated psychologist with an interest in working with children, young people and families with complex health conditions experiencing associated psychological distress or difficulties, as well as in working with professional colleagues in a collaborative manner to provide high quality holistic care., For half of the role (0.5) the post holder will be based within the multidisciplinary teams providing care for children and young people under the care of the Evelina London with neurological conditions and inherited metabolic diseases. This is a varied role, with opportunity for both inpatient and outpatient working, as well as an important component of MDT working, liaison and consultation.

The other part of the role (0.5) will be based within the St Thomas' Hearing Implant Service providing care for children and young people under assessment for, or who have received, a variety of hearing implants. This role is predominantly outpatient based, with opportunities for cognitive assessment and inpatient working as well as for consultation and liaison with a diverse MDT.

The post sits within Paediatric Psychology Services, which offers good opportunities for collaborative working, audit, research, teaching and training. We meet regularlyas a team to explore clinical dilemmas and share new learnings and developments. Supervision will be provided by an experienced Psychologist within the team. Additional opportunities include but do not stop with; journalclub, reflective practice groups, and peer supervision.Service relevant CPD is actively encouraged.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement; as part of King's Health Partners we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, and dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.