Clinical Psychologist - Clinical School Mental Health Service (CSMHS)

Job overview

**12 month Fixed-Term Contract**

We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed Clinical Psychologist with an interest in providing evidence based psychological therapies to Cambridge University’s Clinical School Mental Heath Service (CSMHS). The post will be based in CPFT’s Psychological Medicine Service working with Medical Students in Cambridge University’s Clinical School.

This is a fixed-term 12-month, part-time, 3 day a week maternity leave cover post, with flexible and hybrid working.

The Psychological Medicine Service includes Liaison Psychiatry and Clinical Health Psychology for both adults and children. There are over 50 Clinical Psychologists working across Adult and Paediatric Psychology. Some of these posts are embedded with specialist teams and others are part of the general services. Psychologists have a professional network within Psychological Medicine and are also part of the CPFT professional group. The service provides placements for the University of East Anglia Clinical Psychology training course.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust provides the Psychological Medicine Services within the acute hospitals in the county, which include, Cambridge University Hospitals, Royal Papworth Hospital, Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital.  The Cambridge service has been established over many years and provides high quality services, having an ‘excellent’ rating by the Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Service.

Main duties of the job

This role involves providing evidence-based assessments, formulations, and psychological therapy to Clinical School Students at the University of Cambridge’s School of Clinical Medicine.  The Clinical Psychologist will be part of the Psychological Medicine Service, which encompasses Adult and Paediatric Psychology and Liaison Psychiatry.  They will work close with the service’s Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychologist, and the Clinical School’s Sub-Dean for Student Welfare.

There is potential to collaborate with other relevant services, contribute to national initiatives and develop research opportunities.  You would be part of the Psychological Medicine Service which has expertise in a range of therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and there are excellent opportunities to develop skills and attend relevant CPD in clinical health psychology within this well-established service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.

Please see attached full job description for more detail.

To develop psychological formulations 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 psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.