Job summary
- Main area
- Pain Service
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 310-MASMH-8036405
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrooke's Hospital
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist - Pain Service
Band 5
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a dynamic and enthusiastic psychology graduate for an exciting opportunity working alongside our multidisciplinary pain service.
The post holder will support psychology-informed service development projects, data management and the multi-disciplinary pain management programme.
The post holder will need skills and confidence in using technology, as they will support clinical work in person, via telephone and video call. Experience of working with people with long term conditions and of working with groups is desirable. You will be willing to work with the team on a range of innovative projects.
Main duties of the job
• To support and enhance the professional psychological care of service users within the service, across all sectors of care.
• Undertake clinically supervised work with service users on a one-to-one basis delivering psychological /therapeutic interventions, both individual and group based.
• Under supervision, the postholder will plan, organise, and teach on a variety of psycho-educational courses.
• Work independently according to a plan agreed with HCPC registered Clinical Psychologists and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• Undertake Research and Development (R&D) activities under the supervision of responsible Clinical Psychologist or others, for example: to assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, and teaching and project work.
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care. To work
alongside the multi-disciplinary pain management programme team. - To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, in out-patient and in-patient settings.
- To collate and report audit data to support development projects of the service and pilots of clinical interventions, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
- To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups and the pain management programme. To work with psychologists and other therapists assisting them with group sessions.
- To work with other staff to assess in-patients or out-patients and review their care and progress in preparation for multi-disciplinary team meetings.
- To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
- To hold a small case load of therapeutic work.
- To facilitate and support the involvement of service users, specifically to support the
expert patient talks on programmes and other service user developments in the service, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist. - To undertake relevant research in the area of pain psychology and multidisciplinary pain management programmes.
- To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
Experience
Essential criteria
- Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
Desirable criteria
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision
- Experience of working with groups
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to this context
- An understanding of psychology applied to healthcare
Desirable criteria
- Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, especially SPSS for Window
- High standard of report writing
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines
- An ability to interact with people with mental health problems disabilities
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
Desirable criteria
- An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
Desirable criteria
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
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 Emma Harrold
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 216167
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