Educational Psychologist - Gender Services

Educational Psychologist
- Gender Services Band 8b

Main area Paediatrics Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E Town Cambridge Salary £66,582 - £77,368 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/09/2026 23:59

Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking a highly skilled and compassionate individual to join the new NHS Children and Young People's Gender Service (East of England) in the role of Senior/Principal Educational Psychologist (Band 8B – NHS Agenda for Change Scale).

As part of the Paediatrics Department at CUH but based in a newly refurbished community setting in Newmarket, the successful applicant will have extensive experience of delivering high quality, evidence-based assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people.

The post holder will provide assessments, as well as supervision, training, and consultation to staff. They will be a source of expertise in education and psychometrics to the MDT.

The service operates Monday-Friday. Full or part-time (minimum 3 days per week including Tuesdays and Wednesdays) considered.

If you are unsure whether you meet the essential criteria for this new post, please contact us for a conversation.

To work with managers and clinical leads, to ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality psycho-social service within the East of England Children and Young People's Gender Service. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of educational psychological practice within the Service. To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the supervision and support of all practitioner psychologists and unqualified staff within the 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.

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.

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