Overview
A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Neuropsychology Service within Psychological Health Services at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. You will be part of a well-established, highly specialist team, working across paediatric neuroscience pathways with a varied caseload.
The service supports children and young people with neurological injury or illness, contributing to specialist pathways including epilepsy surgery, deep brain stimulation, neuro-oncology, major trauma, and neurorehabilitation. The role offers flexibility to shape aspects of the post in line with your interests, experience, and service needs.
We are seeking a clinician with a strong commitment to developing specialist neuropsychology practice. This may include post-qualification training, working towards or on the BPS Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN), supervised practice, and/or relevant research (doctoral or PhD level).
The post is ideally appointed at Band 8a; however, applications from experienced Band 7 Clinical Psychologists with relevant neuropsychology experience and commitment to progression are encouraged.
You will receive specialist supervision from a qualified clinical neuropsychologist, making this an excellent opportunity for those working towards SRCN entry. We also welcome applications from qualified paediatric or adult neuropsychologists seeking paediatric experience.
Clinical responsibilities
- To provide specialist clinical psychology and neuropsychology assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people referred to the Paediatric Neuropsychology Service.
- To contribute to inpatient specialist paediatric neuroscience pathways, deliver psychological interventions and input into general outpatient activity.
- To provide consultation, work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues and the wider professional network around the child or young person.
- To contribute to service development, teaching, supervision, research, audit and quality improvement within Psychological Health Services.
- To support psychologically informed care for children, young people and families across the pathways served by the paediatric neuropsychology team.
Organisation and culture
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.
Closing
This advert closes on Sunday 10 May 2026.
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