Senior Clinical Psychologist; XR

Senior Clinical Psychologist (Paediatric Neuropsychology)

Leeds Children's Hospital (LCH) is seeking to recruit a substantive Senior Clinical Psychologist to work within Paediatric Neuropsychology, although the post is open to Early Career Clinical Psychologists as a Band 7 preceptorship
. LCH is one of the largest paediatric centres in the country, providing a range of high profile and specialty clinical services. The postholder will work with other qualified neuropsychologists and clinical psychologists in the Neuropsychology Team, which is one of four clinical teams in the Department of Paediatric Psychology (DPP).

Expected Shortlisting Date 05/01/2026

Planned Interview Date 12/01/2026

Paediatric Psychology has a well‑established relationship with the Paediatric Neurology Team and works closely with the Medical Consultants, Specialist Nurses and therapists. The post‑holder will offer predominantly out‑patient neuropsychological assessment and intervention as well as consultation and MDT liaison and teaching and training. There will also be the opportunity to see patients who require psychological therapy. As such, the post‑holder will be required to predominantly be on‑site.

A job plan will help organise the delivery of the duties and there are regular meetings with line‑managers and supervisors.

This post is hosted in the DPP which currently has over 35 clinicians working in specialty teams, who have been at the forefront of digital developments (digital clinics, short courses and record keeping). The DPP is academically ambitious with links to the regional DClinPsych Programmes and Schools of Psychology and Medicine at the University of Leeds. Many staff have some ring‑fenced academic time in their job plan, as scholarly activity is an important part of what we do.

We are a friendly bunch who value the balance between work and home life. Where we can, we support flexible, agile working which can include, for example, some home‑working, compressed hours and varied start/finish times. The Trust offers child‑care voucher and cycle‑to‑work schemes, a salary‑sacrifice, lease car arrangement and a healthcare‑fund programme, as well as on‑site facilities (such as day‑care nurseries and gyms).

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Toprovide a qualified Clinical Psychology service to children and young people and their families in Leeds and across all sites and sectors of care by:

• Providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy;
• Offering advice and consultation on patients psychological and neuropsychological care to non‑psychologist colleagues and to other non‑professional carers;
• Using research skills for audit, policy and service development and leading on research projects within the area served by the team/service;
• Working autonomously in the execution of these duties and within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Psychology Teams, Department and Trust policies and procedures.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• To provide specialist psychological assessments of patients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self‑report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi‑structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the patients care.
• To formulate, develop and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patient's psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patients problems.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological…