Practitioner Psychologist - Development post Band 7 to 8a

Job Title: Band 7 to 8a Psychologist Development Post
Location: Peterborough City Hospital
Department: Cystic Fibrosis and General Paediatrics

We would like to offer a Band 7 to 8a psychologist development post working at Peterborough City Hospital, within Cystic Fibrosis and General Paediatrics, helping to provide parity of esteem between Physical and Mental Health.

The post is offered at band 7 and involves the transition to a band 8a psychologist, with the expectation that you will have fulfilled and evidenced the competency requirements following a transitional period (usually 12-18 months). You will be appointed a preceptor (supervising psychologist) who will support your development and hold regular reviews of progress, to ensure that you can produce a portfolio evidencing your ability to fulfil the requirements and competencies of a band 8a psychologist.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide 0.4 WTE Clinical Psychology post based at Peterborough City Hospital (PCH).
• Work 0.2 into Cystic Fibrosis and 0.2 into General Paediatrics.
• Offer a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to children and their families up to the age of 16 years both on an inpatient and outpatient basis.
• Deliver specialist psychological assessment and therapy to children, young people, and their families.
• Provide advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and other non-professional carers.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research.

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.

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