Senior Clinical Psychologist

**You must have a valid work permit to apply for this post**

Purpose of the Role

The purpose of this post is to provide a psychological service to children and families referred to the Complex Pain service at CHI. The service provides psychological support to children attending CHI who present with psychological difficulties that occur in the context of a medical illness and/or physical symptoms/pain. The post holder will work closely with multidisciplinary team members providing specialist individual and group assessment and intervention programmes as required.

Essential Criteria:

• Hold a recognised University degree or diploma obtained with first or second class honours in which psychology was taken as a major subject and honours obtained in that subject or hold a recognised qualification equivalent to above

And

• Hold a relevant post-graduate professional qualification in Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychology recognised by the Psychological Society of Ireland.

Or

• Hold a postgraduate professional psychology qualification validated by the Department of Health and Children. Applicants should refer to the Dept. of Health & Children regulations on the Employment of Psychologists in the Health Services, as well as, the PSI Guidelines on Post Graduate Training & Qualifications.
• Be eligible for Senior Grade i.e. has a minimum of two whole years’ experience working at Staff Grade level, following completion of post graduate professional training.
• Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature (please provide the information in your Cover letter)

How to Apply & Informal Enquiries

Applications for this post must be accompanied by a cover letter, setting out relevant experience that illustrates how the essential criteria listed above is met.

The criterion for short listing is based on the requirements of the post, as outlined in the eligibility criteria.

* Please note that you must submit a cover letter with your CV, this forms part of your application and CV’s will not be accepted without a detailed cover letter.

The closing date for submissions of CV’s and cover letter is Wednesday the 11th of March by 23:45pm. Applications must be completed through the advertised post on CHI.jobs by clicking ‘Apply for Job’.

Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method.

For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact Dr Helena Rushe, Director of Psychology, Helena.Rushe@childrenshealthireland.ie or Dr Vincent McDarby, Principal Psychologist Manager Vincent.mcdarby@childrenshealthireland.ie

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist Victoria Gsamelova Victoria.Gsamelova@childrenshealthireland.ie

PLEASE NOTE:

CHI has transitioned to a process of a one commencement day per month for all new employees, CHI internal transfers and Secondments. This update to our Onboarding process is aligned to changes in our monthly/fortnightly payroll and with the launch of our new corporate induction program. This process enhancement ensures that we can thoroughly prepare for your arrival and facilitate a smooth transition in your onboarding journey.

It is important for you to note that if you do not have your pre-employments and mandatory training completed in time, your commencement date will be deferred to the next available date.

Below, you’ll find the list of commencement dates for 2026 for your information only.

• April 13th ( internal only)
• May 11th
• June 8th