Job overview

Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking highly skilled and compassionate individuals to join the new NHS Children and Young People's Gender Service (East of England) in the role of Key Worker.

Based within the Paediatrics Department at CUH, you will have extensive experience of delivering high quality, evidence-based assessments and care to children and young people.  

You will provide and support with assessments, supervision and consultation to staff and be a source of clinical expertise to the MDT. 

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 applications for Full Time roles to agree a job plan that includes a mix of gender service activity and activity in another clinical area.

The service operates Monday-Friday. Full Time or Part Time (minimum 3 days per week) considered.

Main duties of the job

Key Workers in Psychology fill an identified skills gap between Assistant Psychologist and qualified Clinical Psychologists. They are able to practice autonomously with appropriate support, working within their scope of practice, under the supervision of a registered clinical psychologist.

Key Workers are Scientist Practitioners who utilise psychological knowledge, research, and theory to reduce psychological distress and to enhance psychological well-being in the clients they work with. You will be responsible for assisting in providing highly specialist qualified Psychology services to the East of England Children and Young People's Gender Service. This will require provision of psychological interventions, psychoeducation, training, and supervision.

You will work in collaboration with colleagues, service users, carers, MDTs and other services and partner organisations towards the overall provision of evidence based, cost effective, direct and indirect interventions, providing clinical skills, assisting in service development and contributing to decision-making processes, also offering highly specialist advice, guidance and consultation.

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.