Job summaryWe are delighted to be recruiting to a 0.4 wte B7 Practitioner Psychologist in the Paediatric Psychology Service at the Evelina London Children's Hospital. This is a temporary post funded for 6 months due to secondment cover within the team. This post, based within our Children's Allergy Service is an exciting and varied role providing a wide range of experiences and opportunities.
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.
We would be delighted to share more about the post. For further information or an informal discussion please contact Dr Leah Kugelmass, Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, at leah.kugelmass1@nhs.net or 02071884640
Anticipated interview date: week commencing 3rd August 2026Main duties of the jobThe post will be based within the Children's Allergy Service offering a wide range of opportunities and varied ways of working.
The Paediatric Allergy Psychology Team provides psychological support to young people and families accessing the Children's Allergy Service. We aim to consider all of the child's allergies together, considering their impact and potential treatment on the physical and emotional wellbeing of each child and family. The psychologist will be based within a small team of other psychologists across different grades.
The role requires outpatient working and may involve inpatient working. Direct clinical input to young people and families, group work, MDT working, team liaison, and staff consultation are all fundamental elements of the work offered by the Children's Allergy Service.
The post sits within Paediatric Psychology Services, which offers good opportunities for collaborative working, audit, research, teaching and training. We meet regularly as 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; journal club, reflective practice groups, and peer supervision as well as SIG networks nationally. Service relevant CPD is actively encouraged.
About usGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
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.
Job responsibilitiesPlease see the attached job description and person specification document for full information and details regarding the current post.
Person SpecificationKnowledge/QualificationsEssential- Doctoral level training as a practitioner psychologist (e.g. Clinical, Counselling, Educational or Health Psychology) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) / Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), including specific models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
ExperienceEssential- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of patients with physical health problems.
- Experience of working psychologically with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable- Experience in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups in the area of physical health.
SkillsEssential- Knowledge of psychological interventions, application and supervision of others particularly systemic and third wave cognitive behavioural approaches.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological, neuropsychological and behavioural assessment and intervention, requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- A strong ability to communicate at both a written and oral level, imparting complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, and carers and a wide range of lay and professional people within and outside the NHS. This may require negotiating, motivating, training, reassuring others and demonstrating empathy.
- Experience and ability to undertake risk assessment of children and families in relation to self and others, and refer on to appropriate services as necessary.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable- Specialist knowledge of the theory of specialised psychological therapies in areas of physical health.
Physical RequirementsEssential- Ability to maintain periods of prolonged concentration frequently throughout the day as required for complex methods of psychological assessment and delivery of interventions.
Additional InformationEssential- Willingness to broaden range of skills and take initiative in both own professional development and the development of the service.
Desirable- Experience of working with interpreters.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. 
