Practitioner Psychologist - Development post Band 7

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The closing date is 02 February 2026

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.

To provide 0.4 WTE Clinical Psychology post based at Peterborough City Hospital (PCH) working 0.2 into Cystic Fibrosis and 0.2 into General Paediatrics. The role provides 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.

The role delivers a service into PCH which is part of North West Anglia NHS Trust (NWAFT); however, the post is part of the larger team for Psychological Medicine for Children Young People + Families, largely based within Addenbrooke's Hospital and employed by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT).

The psychologist will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy to children, young people and their families, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. Work is autonomous within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. Also, to 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.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the psychological medicine service, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
• To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and…