A Vacancy at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.


We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Psychologist for our Child Development Psychology team with interest within Epilepsy to join our Child Health Department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. As a member of a dedicated and supportive multi-disciplinary team, including Clinical Psychologists, Speech and language therapists, Paediatricians, and nurses you will have the support & supervision of colleagues from a variety of disciplines.

There is also an exciting opportunity to be involved in expanding and developing the post-diagnostic offer the service provides, with psychological intervention skills being a key part of this. Training and development would also be offered as identified.

The team has several options available for flexible and hybrid working, including regular homeworking with appropriate IT equipment and support.

For disabled applicants, suitable alternative arrangements may be agreed, if necessary.

You will be an active, autonomous member of a multi-disciplinary team providing specialist psychological services to children, adolescents, and families in North Derbyshire. Your role will include:

Providing specialist neuropsychological assessments and autism assessments for children and young people.

To work as part of the paediatric Epilepsy multidisciplinary team providing input and support as appropriate.

To provide intervention for children and families who are accessing support from the Epilepsy service.

To contribute to relevant training programmes and service developments.

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 and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC .

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.

We shall be happy to agree a relocation package for the successful candidate.

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 Friday 22 Aug 2025