Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join the Cambridgeshire Lifespan Adult Autism Service (CLASS) as we seek to recruit an Assistant Psychologist to be part of a Multi-disciplinary Team led by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with a strong, supportive administrative and management team. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a dedicated growing team that makes a difference to service users, families and carers and the wider services and partner organisations with whom you will work.  

The role is varied and will comprise supporting and enhancing the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sector of care, providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions (psychoeducation) under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist. Depending on the interests of the post-holder there are excellent opportunities to carry out service evaluation, training, service innovation and improvement, and to develop links with partner organisations. 

Previous experience in Autism Diagnostic assessments alongside knowledge of use of specialist interview and assessment tools is desirable but not essential. You will receive all necessary training and support to enable you to fulfil the role effectively and to also maintain your own Psychological and emotional well-being.

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Clinical Psychologist in the team, you will contribute to the clinical work of the Adult Autism diagnostic and post-diagnostic pathway. As a growing service we will support you with development opportunities in this exciting dynamic field.

You will receive regular professional leadership support, clinical supervision and line management from within a friendly and innovative team and the opportunity to attend Trust CPD activities. In this preceptorship post the successful applicant would be supported to develop and is expected to progress into a full time 8a highly specialist clinical psychology position.  There will be specific responsibilities and duties within the team (see more detailed job description).

CLASS is a research-based service that has contributed significantly to the development of screening and assessment tools in adult autism over the last 25 years and continues to offer research and service development opportunities, including work with researchers and clinical academics in several universities.

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 a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include 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, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process. 

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