Consultant Clinical Psychologist-Psychological Medicine Service-IBPS
A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic Consultant Clinical Psychologist with experience in psychological medicine to lead on and develop the provision of psychological expertise to people infected and affected by having received infected blood products.This will include families and loved ones.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and provide strategic vision on the psychological provision of this service, with dedicated 8B Clinical Psychology and Navigator roles. We are looking to recruit a motivated an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist to lead on the co-production with relevant stakeholders.These will include experts by experience, third sector organisations, relevant local and national NHS services. The service is regional to the East of England but is part of a national service lead by The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This permanent post is very much needed by people infected and affected who deserve the provision of an outstanding psychological service. The post holder will be part of psychologically minded and highly supportive multidisciplinary team, keen to develop services and collaborate on research and service development.
The post-holder will provide psychological expertise in psychological medicine, service development and leadership. There is ample potential to collaborate with other relevant services, contribute to local, regional, and national initiatives and develop research opportunities.
You will be part of CPFT’s Psychological Medicine Service which has expertise in a range of therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).There are excellent opportunities to develop skills and attend relevant CPD in clinical health psychology within this thriving and expanding service.
CPFT’s Psychological Medicine Service includes Liaison Psychiatry and Clinical Health Psychology for both adults and children and their families. There are over fifty Clinical Psychologists working across Adult and Paediatric Psychology. Some of these posts are embedded with specialist teams, whilst others are part of the general services.Clinical Psychologists have a professional network within Psychological Medicine and are also part of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust’s (CPFT) professional group. The service provides placements for the University of East Anglia’s Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
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.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.- To provide leadership and strategic development working collaboratively with people with lived experience, other NHS and non-NHS relevant stakeholders and the Professional Lead for Psychological Medicine-Adult Psychology.
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of people referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with the referred person, family members and others.
- To develop psychological formulations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence, and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural, and biological factors.
This advert closes on Thursday 27 Mar 2025