Senior Clinical Psychologist | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHSFT
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750 Pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Chesterfield, S44 5BL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	19 Aug 2026
Closing date:	18 Sept 2026

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Summary

Working in a very friendly and supportive Child Health department, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist for our Child Development Psychology/Autism team to join an established and expanding multidisciplinary team.

As a member of a dedicated and supportive multi-disciplinary team, , you will work with colleagues from a variety of disciplines, including mental health nurses, speech and language therapists and paediatricians.

The team has a number of options available for flexible and hybrid working, including home-working with appropriate IT equipment and support. The team has dedicated office and clinic space as well as administrative support.

• Providing specialist Autism assessments as part of an MDT within the autism assessment team.

• Providing neuropsychological assessments within the child development psychology team.

• To provide supervision to the assistant psychologist and other relevant team members.

• To contribute to MDT diagnostic decision-making panel discussions.

• To work in partnerships with paediatric colleagues providing autism assessments.

• To contribute to relevant training programmes.

• To contribute to team and service developments.

Please refer to job description for full specification.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff .

We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.

This advert closes on Wednesday 9 Sep 2026

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