Job summary
- Main area
- Neuropsychology
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: Full Time or Part Time/Flexible working hours may be considered
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-D-253046
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital - Division D
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist
Band 4
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, hard-working and conscientious Psychology graduate to join a highly regarded neuropsychology service within this centre of excellence for Neurosciences!
Main duties of the job
The post will focus on supporting Neuropsychological input to our key services, including the Major Trauma Centre, Stroke Wards, Cambridge Memory Clinic and outpatient clinics.
You will assist qualified staff with assessment, formulation and intervention for inpatients and outpatients with neurological disorders. T
he post offers excellent experience for Psychology graduates who are interested in pursuing a career in Clinical Psychology.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
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
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
The advert will close at midnight on the 5th May 2025.
Interviews are due to be held on the 20th May 2025.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 2:1 or higher degree in Psychology
- Eligibility for Graduate Membership of the BPS
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate study in a relevant field
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of a clinical health setting
- Experience of psychological assessment and intervention
- Experience of managing difficult and distressing situations
- Experience of undertaking research
- Experience of working in a team environment
- Experience of furthered CPD
Desirable criteria
- Relevant paid or voluntary work in clinical health psychology or neuropsychology psychology settings
- Experience of neuropsychological or psychological assessments
- Experience of working with memory disorders
- Experience of neurorehabilitation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of psychological models and theory relevant to the clinical population
- Knowledge of clinical psychology procedures
- Knowledge and skills relating to the promotion of shared understanding of psychological services and interdisciplinary team working
- Current working knowledge of IT systems and databases
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of clinical and cognitive neuropsychological models of assessment and intervention
- Knowledge of documents and literature relevant to neuropsychological services
- Knowledge of relevant professional guidelines
Skills
Essential criteria
- The ability to deal with highly emotive circumstances
- The ability to manage organisational stress
- The ability to communicate highly sensitive information, to clients, carers and colleagues in a sensitive and appropriate manner
- The ability to work with clients on a one-to –one basis or group setting
- The ability to work with a range of other health and social care professionals, adapting communication styles as appropriate
- The ability to be highly organised and capable of autonomous working
- The ability to be empathic and sensitive to people’s situations and needs
- High level of written and verbal communication skill
- The ability to develop good working relationships with clients, and colleagues
- The ability to work as part of a team
- High level of analytical and problem-solving skill in order to interpret complex information
- The ability to keep up to date records in accordance with Trust and BPS guidelines
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of documents and literature relevant to neuropsychological services
- Knowledge of relevant professional guidelines
- Knowledge of the current NHS Commissioning and financial structures and how they impact on the delivery of neuropsychology services
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of kind, safe and excellent. This behaviour is outlined on the final page of this person specification.
- Working to Professional Guidelines
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
- A desire to explore a career in clinical psychology
Desirable criteria
- Commitment to contributing to professional knowledge and clinical practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Becky Rous
- Job title
- Inpatient Clinical Lead Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 217557
- Additional information
Dr Huw Green
Inpatient Clinical Lead, Clinical Psychologist
01223 217557
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