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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-MASMH-7943133 Vacancy ID: 7943133

Clinical Psychologist - Crisis Team

Accepting applications until: 06-Jul-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 06-Jul-2026 23:59

Location

Gwefan: Fulbourn Hospital
Tref: Fulbourn, Cambridge
Cod post: CB21 5EF
Major / Minor Region: Cambridgeshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Oriau: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm)

Salary

Cyflog: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (Band 7)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Psychology

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

1. To provide psychological assessments of patients referred to the Crisis and Home Treatment Team (CRHT) based upon 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 patients, family members and others
2. To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations integrating information from a range of sources and to communicate these with colleagues to inform care plans (as above)
3. To develop and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of a patient’s mental health problems
4. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams
5. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, working in a collaborative way
6. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients, and manage and maintain a caseload in line with service guidelines and under the overall co-ordination of the supervising Clinical Psychologist and CRHT leadership team
7. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan
8. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all patients of the service
9. To develop links with the treatment wards (Mulberry 1 & 2) on a case-by-case basis in order to support the consistent provision of care through the acute pathway
10. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological understanding of risk assessment and management, in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

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

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.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
Registered as Practitioner Psychologist with HCPC

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of service users across the full range of care settings
Experience of working with people experiencing a range of mental health symptoms and their families
Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different contexts

Meini prawf dymunol

Lived experience of mental health
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
Experience of working within a multicultural framework

Skills and Abilities

Meini prawf hanfodol

Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management
Ability to deliver evidence based therapies, including CBT for a range of presentations
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
Skills in individual and group work and in programme planning
Planning and organising skills for caseload management
Skills in self-management, including time-management
Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, including contentious and highly distressing information, to patients, their colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Good understanding of other professionals’ theoretical perspectives of this patient group
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice

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Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised, evidence based psychological therapies in specific groups (e.g. personality disorders, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
Ability to deliver family interventions

Knowledge & Understanding

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Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and its implications for clinical and professional practice
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology

Other

Meini prawf hanfodol

Ability to tolerate sitting for extended periods.
Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.