Sirona care & health CIC

Clinical Psychologist (Band 8a)
The closing date is 29 November 2026
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Job summary
We are delighted to be recruiting a part time (22.5 hours per week) Band 8a Clinical Psychologist for a 12 month maternity cover to join our Community Paediatric and Lifetime Psychology teams.

These specialist community paediatric psychology services offer complex psychological assessment and intervention to young people living with a variety of complex disabilities and life-limiting conditions, and their families and MDTs.

You'll be welcomed into a small team of Clinical Psychologists, a Systemic Family Therapist, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, and Trainee Art Therapists.

You'll also join the wider Children's Psychology Service, which includes psychologists working across Autism and ADHD Assessment, Neurodiversity Support, Community Paediatrics, Lifetime, School Nursing, and specialist nursing for teenage fathers, offering rich opportunities for collaboration and shared learning.

Our Heads of Psychology are dedicated to compassionate and inclusive leadership. We place high value on creating a psychologically safe, nurturing working environment where staff wellbeing and development truly matters.

We offer:

• Flexible working options, including working from home for part of the week
• The ability to adapt your working pattern to suit personal responsibilities
• Specialist group supervision in CBT (BABCP-accredited), Systemic, and EMDR, in addition to regular 1:1 clinical supervision
• Excellent funded CPD opportunities to support your continued growth and expertise

Main duties of the job
Main duties are:

• Provision, development and evaluation of a highly specialist clinical psychology service for children and young people with complex disabilities and life threatening/limiting conditions, siblings, parents/carers and staff teams.
• To share with the multi professional clinical teams, through joint working, consultation, supervision, training and service development activities, psychological knowledge and skills to enable individualised psychological care in partnership with service users and their families.
• To participate in research and audit activity.
• To provide a clinical health placements and opportunities for research for trainee clinical psychologists and other professions as required.
• To provide clinical supervision and training for psychologists and other staff as requested.
• To advise and work with the other Clinical Psychologists in Lifetime and Head of Sirona's Children's Psychology Services to develop and implement: service developments, policies, protocols and guidelines.

The successful applicant will be working from multiple locations across BNSSG. Traveling to family homes and schools will also be required.

About us
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Details
Date posted: 06 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 083-8410524-WW
Job locations: Kingswood Hub, Kingswood Hub, Bristol, BS15 4DA, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Person Specification
Skills, Experience and Knowledge Required
Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience working as a Clinical Psychologist with children and young people.
• Experience of working with children and young people with complex health needs and their families.
• Experience of assessing the psychological needs of children, young people and parents including the use of cognitive and developmental psychometric tests.
• Experience of generating systemic and individual formulations and delivering psychological interventions using a range of theoretical / evidence-based models
• Knowledge of the psychological implications of acute and long term medical conditions for babies, children young people and their families.
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles of a clinical psychologist in relation to a patient/ their family/ the staff teams/ and the wider organisational systems around them
• Experience of involvement in clinical audit, research and service evaluation.
• The ability to provide consultation and teaching/training on psychological matters to a broad range of professionals.
• Experience of supervision of Clinical Psychologists and/or other health professionals.

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking service reviews and redesign.
• Experience of psychological debriefs and reflective practice.
• Contribute to development in professional field at national level.

Qualifications and Training Required
Essential

• Doctorate level training in Clinical Psychology
• Appropriate CPD post-qualification

Desirable

• Formal training in supervision skills.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Sirona care & health CIC
Employer's website: https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Head of Children's Community Psychology Services, Dr Nell Ellison, nell.ellison1@nhs.net, 07748488028

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