Clinical Psychologist | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Cambridge is seeking a compassionate Clinical Psychologist to provide specialist assessments and psychological interventions to adults in the hearing implant service and audiology department. Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams is essential, as well as the opportunity to contribute to service development and research initiatives. This role provides excellent professional development opportunities within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive multidisciplinary team

Access to CPD activities

Qualifications

• Experience in providing psychological assessments and interventions.
• Knowledge of complex mental health issues related to hearing impairment.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments for patients.
• Develop psychological formulations considering various factors.
• Implement treatment plans for mental health problems.
• Deliver interventions to individuals, families, and groups.
• Manage complex patient assessments and case loads.

Skills

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)

Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Psychological Assessment

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

We are seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and evidence-based interventions to adults under the care of the hearing implant service (Emmeline Centre) and audiology department at CUH. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, contributing to the assessment pathway for hearing implants, decisions regarding elective surgery, and offering assessments, formulations, and psychological interventions for psychological difficulties related to hearing impairment and hearing implant surgery. Additionally, you will work with patients in the tinnitus clinic where significant mental health conditions may contribute to symptoms.

CPFT’s Psychological Medicine Service includes Liaison Psychiatry and Clinical Health Psychology for both adults and children and their families. The service employs over fifty Clinical Psychologists across Adult and Paediatric Psychology, with some embedded in specialist teams and others in general services. The service also provides placements for the University of East Anglia’s Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

The post-holder will offer psychological expertise in service development and leadership, with opportunities to collaborate with relevant services, including our hearing implant paediatric psychology service. You will also have the chance to contribute to regional and national initiatives, develop research opportunities, and build a long-term business case for funding.

You will be part of CPFT’s Psychological Medicine Service, which has expertise in various therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). There are excellent opportunities for professional development and attending CPD activities within this expanding service.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate care to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we serve, supporting them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver NHS services across inpatient, primary care, and community settings, including mental health, forensic, learning disabilities, primary care, liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research.

We aim to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all community sectors, particularly from underrepresented groups, including those with long-term conditions and members of ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please note we may close the advert early if sufficient applications are received. We cannot offer sponsorship for all roles; applications from those requiring sponsorship may be rejected.

For more information about CPFT, visit www.cpft.nhs.uk. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Provide specialist psychological assessments based on complex data from various sources, including tests, self-report measures, and interviews.
2. Develop psychological formulations integrating assessment information with psychological theory, considering interpersonal, societal, cultural, biological, and health factors.
3. Create and implement treatment plans for mental health problems, employing evidence-based methods across hospital and community settings.
4. Deliver psychological interventions to individuals, families, and groups, adjusting formulations as needed.
5. Evaluate treatment options, considering complex factors and health interventions.
6. Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for patient assessment, formulation, treatment, and discharge, maintaining caseloads per service guidelines.
7. Provide psychological advice and consultation to multidisciplinary teams, contributing to diagnosis and treatment planning.
8. Contribute to a psychologically informed framework of patient care across the service and partner agencies.
9. Undertake risk assessments and manage psychological risks, advising other professionals accordingly.

This job advert closes on Monday 18 August 2025.