Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- 8C
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 180-E-CVA4592
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Psychologist/Consultant Family Therapist - Gender Service
8C
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 roles of Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Consultant Family Therapist.
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, 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 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.
The service operates Monday-Friday. Full or part-time (minimum 3 days per week) considered.
Main duties of the job
Based at Addenbrooke’s, to work with managers and clinical leads, to ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality systemic psychotherapy service within the Department of Paediatrics. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of systemic psychotherapy practice within the Paediatric Service. To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical supervision and support of all psychological therapists within the CYP Gender Service and Paediatric Services. 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.
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.
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close on 19-Jan-2026
Interview date will be communicated.
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 doctoral level training in applied psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- • Or an MSc/ Post Graduate Diploma in Systemic Psychotherapy/ Family Therapy or equivalent with an additional qualification in a related profession (e.g. social work, nursing, clinical psychology).
- • Accredited or eligible for accreditation in the above psychological therapy by the relevant UK governing body, i.e. UKCP, HCPC, BABCP·
- • Accredited clinical supervisor in the above psychological therapy.
- • Registered clinical supervisor.
Desirable criteria
- • Post-graduate Diploma/ Degree/Masters.
- • Teaching qualification.
- • Additional safeguarding / other relevant qualification / experience.
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
- • Substantial experience in relevant profession.
- • Substantial experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist or systemic psychotherapist in the specialty area as above including post qualification experience within Paediatric Psychology.
- • 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 the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- • Experience of staff recruitment and performance management pre-qualified psychological therapists in own area of therapeutic expertise.
- • Experience of managing own case-load following stepped-care treatment guidelines and including service user views and collaborative goal-setting.
- • Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision using highly developed expertise and skills in a range of supervisory methods.
- • Experience of receiving expert supervision in own area of psychological or systemic therapy.
- • Experience of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified psychological therapists in own area of therapeutic expertise.
- • Experience of multi-professional management of teams or services within an acute setting. · Experience of representing own profession in local policy forum.
- • Experience of the application of psychological therapies in different cultural contexts. · Experience of undertaking service audit and development.
- • Experience of involvement in service user initiatives
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of multi-professional management of teams or services within an acute setting.
- • Experience of representing own profession in local policy forum.
- • Experience of the application of psychological therapies in different cultural contexts.
- • Experience of undertaking service audit and development.
- • Experience of involvement in service user initiatives.
- • Experience of staff recruitment and performance management.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Masters/Doctoral level knowledge of psychological intervention and accompanying theoretical models including highly developed knowledge of lifespan development, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, generic therapeutic competencies, generic supervisor competencies.
- • Knowledge of an additional psychological and/or systemic therapy and underlying theoretical foundation at a level to enable independent practice and the supervision of other’s practice.
- • Knowledge of current, evidence based, stepped care models of care as detailed in NICE guidance.
- • Knowledge of Typical and atypical child development including motor, social, play and language milestones.
- • Knowledge of Risk-Assessment and Risk-management.
- • Knowledge of Care-coordination
- • Knowledge of Safeguarding
- • Knowledge of Attachment and mentalisation.
- • Knowledge of Reflective practice
- • Knowledge of Engagement with children and young people’s family and support networks.
- • Masters/Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex data analysis at a level enabling independent access to and interpretation of relevant scientific literature and national guidance drawing on relevant scientific literature.
- • Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
- • Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by own professional governing body.
- • Training in supervision of other psychological therapists practicing in own area of expertise and additional training as detailed above.
Desirable criteria
- • Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised assessment and treatments, in a range of medical specialities.
- • Highly developed knowledge of a range of theory and practice of highly specialised therapies.
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and/ or systemic assessment, formulation, intervention and case management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- • A high-level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- • Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- • Ability to form good working relationships with other professionals at all levels.
- • Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of highly trained psychological therapist based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- • Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to ‘contain’ the stress of others.
- • 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.
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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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