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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
32 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to children, young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Skills
Commitment to support the Trust’s Value.
- Skills
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health.
- Knowledge
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including both quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Knowledge
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS/HCPC.
- Knowledge
Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to parents and carers and staff exposed to distressing situations.
- Experience
Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice relevant to working with CYP with gender diversity through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma.
- Experience
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in an area of clinical practice relevant to CYP with gender diversity.
- Experience
Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in an area of clinical practice relevant to CYP with gender diversity.
- Experience
Working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist with children with physical health problems and/or with children/families and parents.
- Experience
Experience of working with a wide range of psychological and comorbid presentations.
- Experience
Experience of multi-agency working (e.g. with schools and other statutory and third sector organisations).
- Experience
Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for children and young people’s psychological care and treatment, both as a autonomous clinician and within the context of a multi disciplinary care plan.
- Experience
Experience of working within a multi disciplinary team, with other disciplines including medical and nursing.
- Experience
Experience of providing supervision and consultation to other clinical staff including psychologists.
- Experience
Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience
Experience of running groups for CYP and parents / carers.
- Experience
Experience of leading quality improvement initiatives at a service or organisational level, including demonstratable impact on clinical outcomes or service delivery.
- Qualifications
Post-graduate doctoral level (or equivalent) training, as accredited by the BPS.
- Qualifications
HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Qualifications
Completion of further post qualification specialist relevant training, including training in the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists.
- Qualifications
Training in two or more distinct evidence based psychological therapies and lifespan/developmental psychology.
- Additional Requirements
Ability to Travel.
- Additional Requirements
Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice.
- Additional Requirements
Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- Additional Requirements
The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Together-safe, kind, excellent.
- Additional Requirements
Actively promote and value equality, diversity and inclusion, treating others with dignity and respect.
- Additional Requirements
Compliance with all Trust policies and procedures.
- Additional Requirements
Evidence of working as an effective team member.
- Additional Requirements
Demonstration of confidentiality.
Desirable
15 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for children and young people with long-term health conditions or psychological factors impacting medical treatment.
- Experience
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with children and young people with long term health conditions.
- Experience
Experience of working in acute hospital trusts.
- Experience
Experience of working with children and young people with disordered eating and eating disorders.
- Experience
Experience in working with children and young people multiple physical, social and psychological problems.
- Experience
Experience of conducting evaluation projects and clinical research within health settings.
- Experience
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience
Experience of delivering reflective practice groups.
- Experience
Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience
Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Qualifications
Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Qualifications
Post-qualification accreditation in evidence based psychological approaches e.g. cognitive behaviour therapy, DNA-V/ACT, CFT, mindfulness, etc.
- Qualifications
BABCP accredited
- Additional Requirements
Ability to work on days to suit the service.
- Additional Requirements
Ability to move between a number of locations within a working day.
Job overview
Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking a highly skilled and compassionate individual to join the new NHS Children and Young People's Gender Service (East of England) in the role of Practitioner Psychologist.
Based within the Paediatrics Department at CUH, the successful applicant will have extensive experience of delivering high quality, evidence-based assessments and care to children and young people.
The post holder will provide assessments, supervision and consultation to staff and be a source of neuropsychological and neurodevelopmental expertise to the MDT.
The Cass Review into gender services for children and young people has recommended that staff should maintain a broad clinical perspective by working across related NHS services in order to embed the care of children and young people with gender-related distress within a broader child and adolescent health context. In order to facilitate this, we encourage part-time applications from staff already working in other NHS or related services. We can also work with successful candidates applying for full-time roles to agree a job plan that includes a mix of gender service activity and activity in another clinical area.
The service operates Monday-Friday. Full or part-time (minimum 3 days per week) considered.
Main duties of the job
To work with managers and clinical leads, to ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality psycho-social service within the East of England Children and Young People's Gender Service. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological therapies and practice within the Service. To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical supervision and support of all psychological therapists and unqualified staff within the Service. This also includes ensuring there are clear systems in place for effective outcome measurement, recruitment, professional appraisal and the identification of CPD needs across the Service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This advert will close on 29th September at Midnight.
Interviews to be held w/c 5th October.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times. Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: - applied for a Graduate visa - or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October will be subject to a three-month probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Practitioner Psychologist 8B with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Sep 2026.
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