Paediatric Clinical Psychologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and passionate Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (Band 8a) to join the Paediatric Community Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team at James Paget Hospital. We are a specialist multi-disciplinary team, who are passionate about developing services and completing high quality and clinically rigorous assessments. We cover the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area.

You will play a key role in our newly launched Neurodevelopmental (NDD) pathways, offering assessment, formulation, and diagnosis for children and young people with neurodiverse presentations, including Autism, ADHD, and associated developmental needs.

• Complete specialist psychological assessments as part of multi-disciplinary NDD diagnostic pathways.
• Contribute expert formulation to support accurate, compassionate, timely diagnoses.
• Work closely with paediatricians, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and education partners.
• Provide consultation, supervision and psychological input across the wider community paediatrics service.
• Support pathway development, quality improvement and evidence-based practice as the service grows.

Work collaboratively with families, listening to their experiences and advocating for their needs.

If you are passionate about improving the lives of neurodiverse children and their families and want to be part of an ambitious and developing service, we would love to hear from you.

This post could either be appointed as a Band 7 preceptorship working towards an 8a position, or at an 8a depending upon skills and experience. Responsibilities and supervision will be adjusted accordingly.

We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Sarah Bluffield Job title: Paediatric Clinical Psychologist Email address: sara.bluffield@jpaget.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01493 442322

Michele Hall

Senior Neurodevelopmental Specialist

michele.hall@jpaget.nhs.uk