Principal Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - ASD specialist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £64,455 - £74,896 per annum, pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 01 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Huntingdon, PE29 3RJ |
| Cwmni: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7701330/310-MCYPF-7701330 |
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A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
This an exciting opportunity to join an established neurodevelopmental CAMHS service as an ASD specialist psychologist.
The role will include supporting and developing the team, providing consultation, and clinical work.
To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to CAMHS across the Huntingdon area of the Central Team and all sectors of care, providing highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of children and their families using a variety of models.
To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. To propose service developments and implement policy changes within the area served by the CAMH team.
To provide specialist advice, consultation and intervention in the clinic for children with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD).
The post has supervisory responsibilities for qualified and trainee clinical psychologists and other qualified staff within the CAMH team.
The post does not have any budgetary responsibilities.
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.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. 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
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• Provide highly specialist psychological assessments of young people with ASD/suspected ASD, carers/families. Assessments to be based on appropriate use, interpretation & integration of complex psychological data from sources including psychological/neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct/indirect observations & interviews with clients/families/carers, other agencies/professionals, making recommendations to agencies.
• Formulate & implement plans for formal psychological treatments/management of mental health or other complex psychological problems based on appropriate conceptual frameworks adapting/utilising several psychological models and employing methods of proven efficacy.
• Responsibility for implementing a range of psychological interventions for clients/families/carers & groups, adjusting/refining formulations using different explanatory models including developmental/cognitive/learning theory/ biological/neuropsychological, & maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• Provide specialist neuropsychology assessments, providing advice/consultation on this information to professionals, clients/families & agencies.
• Evaluate & make decisions about treatment options considering theoretical & therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical/developmental processes.
• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for assessment, treatment & discharge of own clients and manage & maintain caseload.
• Provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance & consultation to professionals contributing to formulation, diagnosis & treatment plan.
• Provide highly specialist neuropsychology assessments, advice & consultation.
• Provide highly specialist psychological teaching/advice/consultation/treatment to the ASD clinic.
• Provide leadership to the Central team ASD clinic.
• Communicate in a skilled & sensitive manner, information concerning assessment, formulation & treatment plans of own clients and monitor progress during care.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Mar 2026
This an exciting opportunity to join an established neurodevelopmental CAMHS service as an ASD specialist psychologist.
The role will include supporting and developing the team, providing consultation, and clinical work.
To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to CAMHS across the Huntingdon area of the Central Team and all sectors of care, providing highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of children and their families using a variety of models.
To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. To propose service developments and implement policy changes within the area served by the CAMH team.
To provide specialist advice, consultation and intervention in the clinic for children with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD).
The post has supervisory responsibilities for qualified and trainee clinical psychologists and other qualified staff within the CAMH team.
The post does not have any budgetary responsibilities.
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.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. 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
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• Provide highly specialist psychological assessments of young people with ASD/suspected ASD, carers/families. Assessments to be based on appropriate use, interpretation & integration of complex psychological data from sources including psychological/neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct/indirect observations & interviews with clients/families/carers, other agencies/professionals, making recommendations to agencies.
• Formulate & implement plans for formal psychological treatments/management of mental health or other complex psychological problems based on appropriate conceptual frameworks adapting/utilising several psychological models and employing methods of proven efficacy.
• Responsibility for implementing a range of psychological interventions for clients/families/carers & groups, adjusting/refining formulations using different explanatory models including developmental/cognitive/learning theory/ biological/neuropsychological, & maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• Provide specialist neuropsychology assessments, providing advice/consultation on this information to professionals, clients/families & agencies.
• Evaluate & make decisions about treatment options considering theoretical & therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical/developmental processes.
• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for assessment, treatment & discharge of own clients and manage & maintain caseload.
• Provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance & consultation to professionals contributing to formulation, diagnosis & treatment plan.
• Provide highly specialist neuropsychology assessments, advice & consultation.
• Provide highly specialist psychological teaching/advice/consultation/treatment to the ASD clinic.
• Provide leadership to the Central team ASD clinic.
• Communicate in a skilled & sensitive manner, information concerning assessment, formulation & treatment plans of own clients and monitor progress during care.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Mar 2026