Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 8A
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 180-E-GS14
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E
- Town
- Newmarket/Cambridge
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Practitioner Psychologist - Gender Service
Band 8A
Job overview
Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking a highly skilled and compassionate individual to join the new NHS Children and Young People's Gender Service (East of England) in the role of Practitioner Psychologist.
Based within the Paediatrics Department at CUH, the successful applicant will have extensive experience of delivering high quality, evidence-based assessments and care to children and young people.
The post holder will provide assessments, highly specialist interventions, groups, as well as supervision and consultation to staff and be a source of clinical expertise to colleagues across the East of England.
The Service is committed to ongoing CPD and there will be opportunities to develop additional qualifications in therapeutic modality or neuropsychological assessment.
The Cass Review into gender services for children and young people has recommended that staff should maintain a broad clinical perspective by working across related NHS services in order to embed the care of children and young people with gender-related distress within a broader child and adolescent health context. In order to facilitate this, we encourage part-time applications from staff already working in other NHS or related services. We can also work with successful candidates applying for full-time roles to agree a job plan that includes a mix of gender service activity and activity in another clinical area.
Minimum 3 days per week- Tuesday and Wednesday essential.
Main duties of the job
Based at Westbrooke House and Addenbrooke’s, to work with managers and clinical leads, to ensure the systematic provision of a high quality psychological therapies service within the East of England Childrens and Young Peoples Gender Service.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological therapies practice within the Service. To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical supervision and support of all psychological therapists within the Childrens and Young People Gender Service. This also includes ensuring there are clear systems in place for effective outcome measurement, recruitment, professional appraisal and the identification of CPD needs across the Service.
You will have previous experience of working with individuals who have complex physical health needs. You will have experience working with MDTs to provide direct and indirect psychological care.
You will be skilled in delivering supervision and consultation to both psychologists/psychological practitioners and other professionals. In this role, you will work in a variety of clinic settings including inpatients, Outpatients and in the community creating a varied and interesting workload
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.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 16th August.
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
- • Post graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology or other BPS accredited training in Clinical Psychology conferring eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychologist status, Or equivalent which gives Practitioner Psychologist Status with the HCPC.
- • Accreditation with Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable criteria
- • Training/ qualifications in specific therapeutic models applicable to Health Clinical Psychology (e.g. Mindfulness, ACT, Motivational Interviewing).
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice relevant to working with CYP with gender diversity through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma.
- • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in an area of clinical practice relevant to CYP with gender diversity.
- • Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in an area of clinical practice relevant to CYP with gender diversity
- • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in an area of clinical practice relevant to CYP with gender diversity
- • Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of hospital care settings, including outpatient, inpatient, group therapy, and on occasion, in the patients' home.
- • Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different contexts.
- • Good understanding of other professional's theoretical perspectives of the patient group.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- • Experience of working with families.
- • Experience of working with children and young people in a paediatric medical setting.
- • Experience of representing psychology within the context of an MDT
- • Experience in assessing and developing specialist interventions.
- • Ability to propose policy change that impacts on other service areas.
- • Experience of contributing to quality improvement activity, with an understanding of recognised QI frameworks and their application in a clinical or NHS context.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- • Knowledge of the impact of medical conditions on children and young people and their families.
- • Skills in individual and group work and in programme planning.
- • Experience in coordinating the provision of specialist services across more than one area
- • Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, data analysis and presentation.
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained concentration.
- • The use of highly developed analytical and judgement skills.
- • Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing complex and highly sensitive information (includes contentious or distressing information) to families, their carers, other professional colleagues both within the NHS and other agencies.
- • Identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance including regular supervision to maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to emotive material or challenging behaviour.
- • Skills in providing leadership to a multiprofessional group on psychological intervention.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- • Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
- • Able to contain and work with distressing client situations. Interpersonally calm, and able to defuse difficult situations.
- • Planning and organising skills to manage the caseload and own time.
- • Ability to Travel.
- • The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Together-safe, kind, excellent.
- • Actively promote and value equality, diversity and inclusion, treating others with dignity and respect.
- • Compliance with all Trust policies and procedures.
- • Evidence of working as an effective team member.
- • Demonstration of confidentiality.
Desirable criteria
- • Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gender Service Lead
- Job title
- Gender Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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