Practitioner Psychologist - Gender Service

Band 8A

Main area Paediatrics Grade Band 8A Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E Town Newmarket/Cambridge Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/08/2026 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 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, highly specialist interventions, groups, as well as supervision and consultation to staff and be a source of clinical expertise to colleagues across the East of England.

The Service is committed to ongoing CPD and there will be opportunities to develop additional qualifications in therapeutic modality or neuropsychological assessment.

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.

Minimum 3 days per week
- Tuesday and Wednesday essential.

Based at Westbrooke House and Addenbrooke's, to work with managers and clinical leads, to ensure the systematic provision of a high quality psychological therapies service within the East of England Childrens and Young Peoples Gender Service.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological therapies practice within the Service. To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical supervision and support of all psychological therapists within the Childrens and Young People 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.

You will have previous experience of working with individuals who have complex physical health needs. You will have experience working with MDTs to provide direct and indirect psychological care.

You will be skilled in delivering supervision and consultation to both psychologists/psychological practitioners and other professionals. In this role, you will work in a variety of clinic settings including inpatients, Outpatients and in the community creating a varied and interesting workload

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…