Practitioner Psychologist; Paediatric Persistent Pain Service
The closing date is 03 June 2026
The Child Health Psychology department at Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Practitioner Psychologist to lead on the development of psychologically-informed care within an All Wales Paediatric Persistent Pain Service. The successful candidate will provide psychological expertise and consultation to support the establishment and development of a new, evidence and value-based model of care to meet the needs of Children and Young People with Persistent Pain, and their families, across Wales.
The successful applicant will help lead on a phased development plan for an interdisciplinary model of care with the lead Allied Health Professional and Consultant Paediatric Pain specialist working closely with other team members and local multidisciplinary teams for each Health Board. The tertiary service will initially operate clinically across a variety of locations including community, hospital sites and virtually and will involve support of schools, teaching and training, co-design of pathways, tools and workshops and active support of communities of practice.
The clinical model is based on a service specification from national workshops in Wales and integrated care models recommended nationally and aligns with C & V UHB Rehabilitation Model.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will provide psychologically informed expertise and clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team developing and delivering a persistent pain service that supports children and young people from diverse backgrounds across Wales. The post will provide psychological leadership to an interdisciplinary team developing and supporting a culturally competent and integrated approach to persistent pain management enabling care as close to home as possible working with local services, communities and schools across Wales. This will include individual patient work, group work, consultation to others and support and supervision of colleagues.
Partnership working is essential for this role through co-production, fostering multidisciplinary and multi-agency relationships and drawing upon community of practice.
The role will involve developing psychologically informed training and education; and supporting colleagues beyond the persistent pain service in developing a common understanding of pain management and therapeutic options. The role will actively support practice-based education.
There is a significant service development aspect to this role with opportunities for research and audit with teams working alongside the clinical service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Qualifications
- Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS.
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice.
Experience
- Substantial and demonstrable post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist within clinical health psychology/medical settings or applicable transferable skills.
- Significant experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including paediatric, outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified healthcare professional and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- Evidence of service development and innovation.
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience of working with service users as co-producers.
Skills
- High level knowledge of theory and practice of at least two specialist psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to specialty.
- Communication & Relationship skills as described on person specification.
- Planning and Organisational Skills as described on person specification.
- Ability to identify and provide highly specialised, psychologically informed support to carers and staff.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
- Providing service feedback and audit data to stakeholders.
- Evidence of significant post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS.
- Awareness and application of equality, diversity and inclusion in practice.
Knowledge
- Evidence of significant post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS.
- Well-developed specialist knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology theory and practice, assessment, and the application of specialised psychological therapies related to the needs of paediatric patients.
- Formal Training and supervision of other psychologists.
- Awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Personal Qualities
- Commitment to and interest in working with children and young people, and their families, with persistent pain.
- Willingness to participate in continuing professional development & psychologists working in similar team settings.
- Requirement to undertake frequent exposure to emotionally distressing and traumatic situations.
- Ability to speak Welsh and willingness to use in a work context.
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.
Address
Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales (NACHFW), UHW
University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park
£67,583 to £78,530 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
001-PST042-0526
Job locations
Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales (NACHFW), UHW
University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park
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The closing date is 03 June 2026
The Child Health Psychology department at Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Practitioner Psychologist to lead on the development of psychologically-informed care within an All Wales Paediatric Persistent Pain Service. The successful candidate will provide psychological expertise and consultation to support the establishment and development of a new, evidence and value-based model of care to meet the needs of Children and Young People with Persistent Pain, and their families, across Wales.
The successful applicant will help lead on a phased development plan for an interdisciplinary model of care with the lead Allied Health Professional and Consultant Paediatric Pain specialist working closely with other team members and local multidisciplinary teams for each Health Board. The tertiary service will initially operate clinically across a variety of locations including community, hospital sites and virtually and will involve support of schools, teaching and training, co-design of pathways, tools and workshops and active support of communities of practice.
The clinical model is based on a service specification from national workshops in Wales and integrated care models recommended nationally and aligns with C & V UHB Rehabilitation Model.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will provide psychologically informed expertise and clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team developing and delivering a persistent pain service that supports children and young people from diverse backgrounds across Wales. The post will provide psychological leadership to an interdisciplinary team developing and supporting a culturally competent and integrated approach to persistent pain management enabling care as close to home as possible working with local services, communities and schools across Wales. This will include individual patient work, group work, consultation to others and support and supervision of colleagues.
Partnership working is essential for this role through co-production, fostering multidisciplinary and multi-agency relationships and drawing upon community of practice.
The role will involve developing psychologically informed training and education; and supporting colleagues beyond the persistent pain service in developing a common understanding of pain management and therapeutic options. The role will actively support practice-based education.
There is a significant service development aspect to this role with opportunities for research and audit with teams working alongside the clinical service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Qualifications
- Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS.
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice.
Experience
- Substantial and demonstrable post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist within clinical health psychology/medical settings or applicable transferable skills.
- Significant experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including paediatric, outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified healthcare professional and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- Evidence of service development and innovation.
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience of working with service users as co-producers.
Skills
- High level knowledge of theory and practice of at least two specialist psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to specialty.
- Communication & Relationship skills as described on person specification.
- Planning and Organisational Skills as described on person specification.
- Ability to identify and provide highly specialised, psychologically informed support to carers and staff.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
- Providing service feedback and audit data to stakeholders.
- Evidence of significant post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS.
- Awareness and application of equality, diversity and inclusion in practice.
Knowledge
- Evidence of significant post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS.
- Well-developed specialist knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology theory and practice, assessment, and the application of specialised psychological therapies related to the needs of paediatric patients.
- Formal Training and supervision of other psychologists.
- Awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Personal Qualities
- Commitment to and interest in working with children and young people, and their families, with persistent pain.
- Willingness to participate in continuing professional development & psychologists working in similar team settings.
- Requirement to undertake frequent exposure to emotionally distressing and traumatic situations.
- Ability to speak Welsh and willingness to use in a work context.
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.
Address
Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales (NACHFW), UHW
University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park
£67,583 to £78,530 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
001-PST042-0526
Job locations
Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales (NACHFW), UHW
University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park
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