Practitioner Psychologist - Development post Band 7 to 8a

NHS; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is looking for a Band 7 to 8a psychologist for a development post at Peterborough City Hospital. The role involves providing psychological assessments and developing treatment plans within the Cystic Fibrosis and General Paediatrics departments. Candidates should have doctoral-level training in clinical psychology and be registered with the relevant council. This permanent part-time position offers a salary range of £47,810 to £62,682 per annum pro-rata.

Qualifications

• Experience of psychological assessment and treatment across various settings.
• Ability to work with clients in distress and adapt to various situations.
• Excellent communication skills to build effective interpersonal networks.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the service.
• Implement psychological treatment plans based on evidence-based methods.
• Supervise qualified and trainee psychologists and other professionals.

Skills

Complex psychological assessment

Interpersonal communication

Planning and organising skills

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council

Job description

Job Summary

We would like to offer a Band 7 to 8a psychologist development post working at Peterborough City Hospital, within Cystic Fibrosis and General Paediatrics, helping to provide parity of esteem between Physical and Mental Health.

The post is offered at band 7 and involves the transition to a band 8a psychologist, with the expectation that you will have fulfilled and evidenced the competency requirements following a transitional period (usually 12‑18 months). You will be appointed a preceptor (supervising psychologist) who will support your development and hold regular reviews of progress, to ensure that you can produce a portfolio evidencing your ability to fulfil the requirements and competencies of a band 8a psychologist.

Details

Date posted: 24 November 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £47,810 to £62,682 a year per annum pro‑rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part‑time

Reference number: 310‑CYPF‑7398705

Job locations:
Peterborough City Hospital
Edith Cavell Campus, Bretton Gate,
Peterborough
PE3 9GZ

Job Responsibilities

• To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the psychological medicine service, using complex data from tests, self‑report measures, rating scales, observations and interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
• To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework drawing upon psychological theory and evidence and incorporating interpersonal, societal, cultural, biological factors and health impacts on the family.
• To develop and implement plans for formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based on an appropriate conceptual framework and employing evidence‑based methods across hospital and community settings.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting formulations and maintaining provisional hypotheses.
• To evaluate and decide on treatment options, considering theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors such as historical and developmental processes.
• To do this in the context of health and surgical interventions.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for assessment, formulation, treatment and discharge of clients and manage a caseload in line with service guidelines.
• To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to multidisciplinary professionals, contributing to client formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans.
• To supervise qualified, trainee and assistant psychologists and other professionals undertaking psychological work.
• To contribute to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care for all clients of the service across designated areas.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and advise others on psychological aspects of risk, in line with Trust and inter‑agency policies.
• To act as care coordinator, ensuring provision of an appropriate care package, coordinating psycho‑social care, arranging reviews and communicating effectively with the patient, their family and the network of care, monitoring progress.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications – Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology accredited by the BPS or equivalent.
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Education / Qualifications – Desirable

• Chartered Clinical Psychologist.
• Further training in systemic therapy, paediatric neuropsychology and/or trauma.

Experience – Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment across inpatient, community, primary care and outpatient settings.
• Experience working with a wide variety of client groups throughout the life course and presenting a range of clinical severities, maintaining professionalism amid distressing or abusive situations.
• Experience of applying clinical psychology in different contexts.

Experience – Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience working with families.
• Experience working with children in a paediatric medical setting.

Knowledge, Skills & Understanding – Essential

• Skills in complex psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management requiring sustained concentration and analytical judgement.
• Skills in individual and group work and programme planning.
• Planning and organising skills for caseload management.
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to the client group and its implications for clinical practice and professional management.
• Knowledge of the impact of health conditions on children, adolescents and their families.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build networks with professionals and agencies for effective teamwork.
• Ability to contain and work with high levels of client distress and organisational stress.

Other Requirements – Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling formation of networks with professionals within the Trust and from other agencies.
• Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients.
• Able to contain and work with organisational stress.

Additional Information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a DBS check.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Peterborough City Hospital

Edith Cavell Campus, Bretton Gate,

Peterborough

PE3 9GZ

Employer’s website: https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/