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Practitioner Psychologist
The closing date is 07 June 2026.
We are excited to be recruiting into NHS Children & Young People Gender Service (South West) CYPGS SW as part of the continued growth & development of the new service. We are looking for a thoughtful, compassionate and innovative Clinical / Counselling / Health Practitioner Psychologist to join our committed & supportive multi‑disciplinary team. CYPGS SW sits within the wider Psychological Health Services and is provided by a large multi‑disciplinary team (MDT). As part of this team the practitioner psychologist will provide specialist assessments, deliver and evaluate psychological interventions, and be part of the evolving evidence base for the field of gender care. B7 Practitioner Psychologists working in the CYPGS SW are well supported through multi‑disciplinary working, individual supervision, drop‑in case discussion and the Academy of Royal Colleges specialist children’s & young people’s gender service training programme. There are weekly clinical development meetings. We value the provision of evidence‑based care delivered by highly skilled compassionate clinicians. Our service has purpose‑built accommodation with high‑quality clinical space for face‑to‑face & remote appointments. We offer outreach clinics in Devon & Cardiff. The opportunity for hybrid working would make this post suitable for clinicians from outside the Bristol area.
Main duties of the job
- As part of a highly specialist team to provide detailed holistic assessments of children and young people referred to the Gender Service
- As part of a highly specialist team to provide evidence based therapeutic interventions to children, young people and families under the care of the Gender Service
- As part of the psychological health service to provide assessment and brief intervention to children, young people and families referred from other children’s specialities in UBHW.
- To provide psychological services, including assessment, formulation and implementation of psychological interventions for children, young people, adults and their families.
- To deliver these services in out‑patient and ward based settings as needed.
- Provision of psychological advice, consultation, training, and support for other professionals.
- To undertake or support research and audit relevant to care pathways.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward‑thinking multi‑award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world‑leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical, counselling or health psychology, recognised for registration by the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist – Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist
- Current registration with HCPC
Knowledge and Experience
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
- Experience of working with children/young people who have a physical health condition.
- Experience of working as a clinical psychologist undertaking consultation and service development work within a multi‑disciplinary physical health setting.
- Experience of working as a clinical psychologist providing psychological consultation, case management supervision and training to multi‑professional and multi‑agency teams.
- Formal teaching / presentation sessions to health and other professionals.
- Demonstrable knowledge of legislation and guidance pertaining to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, consent, confidentiality and standards of psychological care within relevant NICE and other guidance.
- Experience of clinical work within a health care setting, with individuals who have an acute/long‑term medical conditions.
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues known to be present for populations presenting to gender services.
- Demonstrable consideration of the implications of acute and long‑term trajectories for children/young people who present to gender services.
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment of mental health conditions common in young people with gender diversity.
- Experience of supervising qualified clinical psychologists.
- Accredited supervision training.
- Experience of working with children/young people in a paediatric service.
Skills and Abilities
- Able to assess the psychological needs of children, young people, and adults, including the use of cognitive and developmental psychometric tests.
- Able to generate systemic and individual formulations and interventions based on applying psychological theory to the complex information generated by the person, family, health and social care systems relating to individuals engaging in care pathways.
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the range of psychological implications of engagement with these care pathways for individuals and their families.
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles of a practitioner psychologist or therapeutic practitioner in relation to a patient, their family, the staff teams and the wider organisational systems around them.
- Able to demonstrate successful use of strategies to prioritise and manage time when there are conflicting demands.
- Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from young people/adults in a culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations. This will include the ability to provide complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner.
- Ability to access, record and manage information and data pertaining to the work undertaken in medical and psychology notes, databases and electronic records as required.
- Able to demonstrate a realistic awareness of the potential for work‑related stress and distress in this type of clinical work plus strategies to manage this.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi‑disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Able to travel to regional clinics, meetings and community visits if required.
- To be proficient in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.
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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