Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Cambridge is seeking a qualified mental health professional to implement psychological interventions, manage complex cases, and develop treatment plans based on evidence-based practices. The role requires a strong understanding of psychological theory and the ability to work autonomously within clinical teams. Opportunities exist for professional development and contributing to innovative mental health services.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing psychological interventions for mental health.
• Ability to manage complex treatment options and case loads.
• Knowledge of psychological theory and evidence-based practices.

Responsibilities

• Implement various psychological interventions for clients and groups.
• Evaluate treatment options based on complex historical factors.
• Develop psychological formulations integrating multiple factors.

Job description

Overview

CAMEO provides full and comprehensive assessment, treatment and management of all cases experiencing first episode psychosis and At-Risk mental states (ARMS) within the catchment area of Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. It operates across 2 bases in Cambridge and Peterborough.

Our mission is to put people in control of their care. We will maximise opportunities for individuals and their families by enabling them to look beyond their limitations to achieve their goals and aspirations. In other words: “To offer people the best help to do the best for themselves.”

We are committed to the core NHS values which we underpin in all that we do - Working Together for Patients, Compassion, Respect & Dignity, Everyone Counts, Improving Lives, Commitment to Quality of Care.

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Note: Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, carers, or group.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients, and manage and maintain a caseload in line with service guidelines and under the overall co-ordination of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
• To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence, and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural, and biological factors.
• To develop and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
• To provide a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures.
• To monitor and evaluate progress during both uni- and multi-disciplinary care, and to provide appropriate reports on this. To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature, and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
• To participate and provide advice to other professionals as required on research design and methodology including complex audit and clinical and service evaluation to help develop service provision.

Other information

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long-term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

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For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Advert closes on Tuesday 16 Sep 2025.