Overview
Join to apply for the Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist role at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT)
CPFT 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 NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including 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.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long-term conditions and members of 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. We cannot offer sponsorship for all roles; if sponsorship cannot be offered an application may be rejected from the process.
Responsibilities
* To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.
* To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, carers, or group.
* To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients, and manage and maintain a caseload in line with service guidelines and under the overall co-ordination of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
Qualifications and Experience
The description lists responsibilities and professional expectations aligned with a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist role within CPFT. (For full details, refer to the original advert content.)
Contact and Further Information
For further information please visit CPFT’s website at www.cpft.nhs.uk or contact: Dr. James Plaistow, Consultant Psychologist (james.plaistow@cpft.nhs.uk, 07841 721469) or Lorraine Bald, Operational Team Lead (lorraine.bald@cpft.nhs.uk, 01223 341510 / 07563 379863).
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