Practitioner Psychologist - Gender Service

8C Main area Paediatrics Grade 8C Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week Job ref 180-E-CVA4590 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 20/01/:59 Interview date 30/01/2026

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 Practitioner Psychologist.

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 Successful candidate will be based at Addenbrooke's and will work with managers and clinical leads, to ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality psychological service within the Department of Paediatrics.

They will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the Department of Paediatrics.

They will ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical supervision and support of all psychological therapists within the CYP Gender Service. 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 at midnight on 20-Jan-2026

Interviews are due to be held on 30-Jan-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

• • It is a condition of employment that the post-holder is registered with the Health & Care Professions Council and is eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist.
• • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical, counselling or educational psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• • Good undergraduate degree (preferably relevant to psychological practice).
• • Current registration/accreditation with appropriate body with current practising certificate. (e.g. HCPC)
• • Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by relevant professional body.
• • Eligible for BPS Chartered Status. Eligible for full membership of the Division of Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology or Educational Psychology.
• • Post qualification training and/or supervised practice in one or more specialised areas of clinical work.
• • Training in clinical supervision of psychological professionals, including trainees.
• • Willingness to undertake further leadership development both formal and informal.
• • Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• • Further training in a specific psychological assessment, model or intervention specific to the role remit/area of work. Qualification or training in one or more recognised and standardised diagnostic assessment/s for Autistic Spectrum Conditions e.g. ADOS2 and ADI-R.
• • Member of British Psychological Society.

Experience

• • Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice relevant to working with complex CYP 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 relevant clinical practice.
• • Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in an area of relevant clinical practice.
• • 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 the client group
• • Substantial experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist 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/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.
• • Substantial experience of representing psychology within multi-disciplinary settings.
• • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and intervention, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
• • Ability to work effectively within safeguarding procedures in the context of a therapeutic service.
• • Experience of teaching . click apply for full job details