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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.

Contact

Address: Elizabeth House; Fulbourn Hospital; Fulbourn; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; CB21 5EF
Contact Number: 0800 953 7016

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Ref: 310-ASMH-7451775 Vacancy ID: 7451775

Assistant Psychologist

Accepting applications until: 13-Oct-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 13-Oct-2025 23:59

Location

Gwefan: Peterborough Adult Locality Teams
Cyfeiriad: The Old Town Hall, 17 Bridge Street
Tref: Peterborough
Cod post: PE1 1HF
Major / Minor Region: Cambridgeshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (N/A)
Oriau: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm)

Salary

Cyflog: £27,485 - £30,162 Per annum, pro rata
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (Band 4)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Adult Community Mental Health

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

The main duties of the post holder include:

The provision of brief psychological interventions under supervision of a qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist or Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
Supporting the psychology team in developing individual and group intervention and training materials.
Collecting, analysing and presenting data relating to the activity of the psychology workforce, such as demand and capacity and clinical effectiveness.
Contributing to ongoing quality improvement, audit, evaluation and research activity.
Working under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist or Clinical or Counselling Psychologist and within professional guidelines of conducts and ethics and the overall framework of organisational policies and procedures.
Gaining applied experience in this healthcare setting whilst assisting with the work of clinical supervisor, the activity of the psychological workforce and the wider multi-disciplinary service.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people’s mental health services;
Children’s community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Applicant requirements

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.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

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An undergraduate degree in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as conferring Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC). Or an undergraduate degree in another subject plus a master’s degree or PGDip in Psychology accredited by the BPS as conferring GBC.

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Additional relevant qualifications in psychology.
Additional training in research, audit or psychological therapies.

Experience

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Experience of applying psychological models to clinical/care settings.
Experience of collecting, analysing and presenting data.
Experience of conducting quality improvement, service evaluation, audit or research.
Experience of using supervision.

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Lived experience of mental health challenges.
Experience of working with people with mental health problems.
Experience of working within a multicultural context.
Experience of delivering individual or group psychological interventions informed by the CBT umbrella of therapies.
Previous experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist and/or Research Assistant.

Skills & Abilities

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Willingness to be flexible, adaptable and innovative.
Self-management and organisational skills for caseload and time management.
Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, complex and/or clinically sensitive information.
Interpersonally calm and able to maintain professional conduct in the face of high expressed emotions and distress.
Able to assess limits of own competence and to seek appropriate supervision or advice on practice to ensure high quality care.
A high level of competence in keyboard and computing skills.

Knowledge & Understanding

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Undergraduate degree level knowledge of psychology, the science of mind and behaviour, including developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, biological psychology, social psychology and research methods.

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Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and its implications for clinical and professional practice.

Physical Requirements

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Physical effort – ability to exert moderate physical effort during a session. Ability to sit for extended periods

Other

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Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self-care and monitor own state, recognising when it is necessary to take active steps to maintain fitness to practice.
Ability to travel independently.