Job overview

Join our new Assertive Outreach Team as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (Band 8a) and help shape our service for adults with complex and enduring mental health needs. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference for individuals who find it difficult to access traditional services, often with long histories of trauma and disengagement.

You’ll be part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, delivering specialist psychological assessments and evidence-based interventions that empower service users to achieve meaningful change.

If you’re passionate about trauma-informed, person-centred care and thrive on challenge, we want to hear from you. Be part of a team that values compassion, innovation, and evidence-based practice, and help build a service that truly transforms lives

Main duties of the job

You will be required to travel independently around the county and will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have the use of a vehicle. Unfortunately, public transport will not provide enough reliable transportation to enable you to meet the needs of the service. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website.

• As a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in the Assertive Outreach Team, you will provide a qualified clinical psychology service according to an agreed job plan, delivering specialist assessment, formulation, and intervention for adults with severe and complex mental health needs.
  
  
• You’ll work autonomously within professional guidelines, contributing to the team’s policies and procedures, and supporting the psychological care of clients who may have experienced significant trauma and disengagement from services.
  
  
• The role includes providing clinical supervision and leadership to other psychologists, supporting the training and development of the wider team, and contributing to service evaluation and research. You’ll work in partnership with clients, carers, and colleagues, promoting a psychologically informed approach to care, and ensuring the highest standards of governance, safety, and patient experience.

Working for our organisation

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