UCARMHSS Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Newtown; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS health organization in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist for the Universities of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin Mental Health Student Service. This position involves providing specialized psychological assessments and therapy focusing on student needs, while ensuring comprehensive care coordination. Candidates should have a postgraduate qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology and demonstrate skills in research and autonomous work. The role is critical in improving mental health support for students.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing psychological assessments and therapy.
• Ability to work autonomously within professional guidelines.
• Interest in service development and research.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments and therapy.
• Guide professional colleagues and staff on clients' psychological care.
• Utilize research skills for audit and service development.

Skills

Psychological assessments

Therapeutic interventions

Research skills

Autonomous work

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Job description

We are seeking an experienced, innovative, and enthusiastic Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our exciting new Universities of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin Mental Health Student Service (UCARMHSS) pilot which launched in October 2025. This new service offers multiple pathways: psychiatry, psychology, and care coordination, allowing students to access tailored interventions. The goal is to improve access to support for students' mental health, inform about available support, and guide them in managing their mental health. Key features of the service include:

• A focus on student needs rather than diagnosis, with every referral undergoing thorough triage and, where necessary, formulation assessments.
• Proactive support to help students succeed academically and socially at university.
• Flexible access to services, with face‑to‑face, telephone, video, and other online options available to meet individual preferences.
• Comprehensive care coordination, encompassing assessment, case management, self‑management support, and liaison with university services. This post allows the post holder an exciting opportunity to provide a specialist applied psychology service to students from the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University who present with moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
• To provide specialist psychological assessments and therapy as well as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to professional colleagues and staff from other agencies.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of both the Trust's and the service's policies and procedures.
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

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. To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high‑calibre candidates who share our vision and values. 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. Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.