Job overview

We are keen to recruit an enthusiastic and positive Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to provide a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to Paediatric patients and their families cared for under the Paediatric Neurology and Persistent Physical Symptoms, based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. 

0.6 WTE Neurology & 0.1 WTE Persistent Physical Symptoms (PPS).

Neurology

The post holder will work alongside 8b and 8a psychology colleagues to provide a specialist clinical psychology service to patients and their families referred to the Paediatric Neurology service. This will include offering specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment and interventions to patients (up to 17yo) and families. The role offers the opportunity to work closely with a well-established team of Consultant Paediatric Neurologists alongside the wider MDT to offer support to children and their families.

Persistent Physical Symptoms

The postholder will work with children and young people who experience persistent physical symptoms, either in the absence of a diagnosed physical health condition or where the symptoms are not fully explained by physical causes. These include but are not limited to fatigue, dizziness, numbness, headaches, non-epileptic seizures, vomiting and abdominal pain.

The team comprises two clinical psychologists and one family therapist who will help children, young people, and their families manage their symptoms effectively and reduce their impact on their daily lives.

Main duties of the job

Please note we will accept applications from final year trainee clinical psychologists receiving HCPC registration imminently.

The job involves working with children, adolescents and young adults with complex medical and surgical needs, in hospital-based settings, at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

The job involves assessment and delivery of care involving both the patient and parents and family systems where there are complex social needs. The intervention level ranges from the specialist tertiary multidisciplinary team level and associated paediatric ward nursing teams to community paediatric teams, social care, education and primary health care. Interventions routinely cross professional and Acute Health Trust and Community Mental Health Trust boundaries and sometimes involve Child Protection work. 

The job involves physical effort of the nature of sitting in a constrained position for extended patient / client therapy sessions, frequent intense concentration on assessment and formulation, it is sometimes highly distressing, dealing with such issues as chronic illness and family breakdown, and may deal with issues such as acute physical distress or illness, death, serious mental illness and child abuse.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives. 

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly underrepresented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities. 

All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.  

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications. 

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process. 

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk