Job summary
- Main area
- Division D - Neuropsychology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-D-263157
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division D
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/09/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 02/10/2026
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 7
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join a growing Neuropsychology Service within this centre of excellence for Neurosciences.
You will work with patients with neurological conditions at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This may include patients seen in our Memory Clinic, Neuropsychology Outpatients Clinics, Neurosurgical Clinics, Neurosurgical Theatres, the Major Trauma Unit and the Stroke and Rehabilitation Wards.
Main duties of the job
Our department sits within the Neurosciences Directorate and we see patients aged 16 and over with the full range of neurological disorders, including dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, brain tumours and brain injury.
You will join a team of qualified and Assistant Clinical Psychologists to deliver highly specialist neuropsychological and psychological assessment, formulation and intervention, and offer advice, consultation and training to non-psychologist colleagues. The post would suit a Clinical Psychologist who is interested in working in an acute hospital setting and who enjoys working with patients with complex neurological and neuropsychological symptoms. It would also suit someone who is looking to further their neuropsychological knowledge and skills.
You will be part of an expanding and highly regarded Neuropsychology Service which is led by two Consultant Clinical Psychologists. We offer strong links with regional clinical and academic networks, with a commitment to continuing professional development and research. We have strong ties with the University of East Anglia Clinical Doctorate programme. Third Year trainee Clinical Psychologists are welcome to apply.
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.
This post is subject to a 12-week probationary period, during which performance, conduct and attendance will be reviewed in line with Trust standards. The probationary period provides a structured and supportive approach to help new employees successfully transition into their role.
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
All roles in the Trust include a mandatory 12-week training period. Therefore successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.
The advert will close at midnight on 17 September 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on 2 October 2026.
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
- Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), including models of neuropsychology specifically
- Accredited training in a relevant psychological therapy
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree in a relevant field of study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, and intervention with people with neurological conditions, including impaired cognitive, emotional and behavioural functioning
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients’ psychological care and treatment
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team work
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings including outpatient and inpatient settings
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of managing highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of managing patients with behavioural disturbance, and of supporting staff and carers in managing such issues
- Experience of carrying out research and audit Experience of teaching and training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching and training
- Experience of diagnostic neuropsychological assessment
- Experience of acute neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation
- Experience of service development
- NHS experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of clinical psychology procedures used in neuropsychological services
- Competence in cognitive assessment, analysis of complex data and interpretation of neuropsychological profiles
- Knowledge of evidence-based theoretical and therapeutic models applicable to patients with neurological disorders
- Knowledge and skills relating to the promotion of shared understanding of psychological services and interdisciplinary team working
- A high level of ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and a wide range of
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of documents and literature relevant to neuropsychological services
- Knowledge of relevant professional guidelines
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to contain and work with high levels of distress from patients, their families, and carers
- Skills in providing psychological consultation to other professional and non professional colleagues
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice
- Knowledge of service development
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- Current working knowledge of common IT systems and software e.g. word processing, databases, statistics, library resources
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent
- Highly motivated
- Able to work autonomously, using own initiative, whilst making appropriate use of supervision
- Enthusiasm for the field of neuropsychology
- Ability to sustain long periods of intense concentration
- Able to relate well to people i.e., patients, families, carers, and professional colleagues
- Ability to manage and organise own workload in order to meet competing and at times urgent priorities
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress
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
- Dr Alexa McDonald
- Job title
- Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 217557
- Additional information
Dr Heather Condon, Clinical Psychologist on 01223 217557 or via email to [email protected]
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