Total 168 job vacancies by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

The Administration service is recruiting for an Administrator to work in our Neurological Admin Team Based at Phorpres close, Peterborough.

The roles working hours are Monday - Friday (08:00 - 16:00 or 09:00-17:00) - 37.5 hours per week.

Please call if you would like to discuss the role further.

The post holder will provide a comprehensive administrative service within their team.
• Typing all forms of correspondence, reports and summaries that are required by the
team.
• Undertake diary management for clinicians and/or managers, as required.
• Organise clinics and associated appointments for clinics, using appropriate brought forward systems to manage work.
• Provide operational support to colleagues, and supervision of Band 2 administration staff within the team, if required, as directed by Line Manager.
• Inputting and updating service user information and service user/team activity on computerised information systems, creating service user notes where necessary and according to policy.
• Maintain filing in both paper and electronic records, ensuring that it is kept up to date at all times. In accordance with Trust procedures, track and receive notes in a timely manner.
• Ensure good customer service by providing a professional and effective telephone service, taking accurate messages and providing information and signposting as requested and appropriate.
• Undertake training of new staff as directed by Line Manager and/or other managers.
• Provide cover as directed by Line Manager for other members of the admin team in their absence and assist with their workloads as necessary and undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required commensurate with the grade of the post.

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 may 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.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of responsibilities.
• Models behaviours that treat others with dignity, respect and compassion.
• Listens actively and respectfully to others.
• Identifies and challenges unacceptable practice of peers and colleagues respectfully, and takes appropriate action to resolve.
• Improves the quality of services and contributes to the improvement of the service user experience.
• Treats individuals with respect and kindness.
• Works in partnership and collaboration with others; respects their rights and promotes equality at all times.
• Responds to an individual’s situation, needs and preferences and does not stereotype people.
• Develops trust with service users and colleagues through delivering what they say they will and having a flexible approach to their work.
• Monitor and maintain stocks of stationery and resources, acting as authorised requisitioner to ensure that stocks are replenished.
• Assist in the effective use and maintenance of the office environment and clinical room space in the base, and leading on the introduction of, and work with, systems to manage this effectively.
• Train in the use of new technology which may be introduced into the department, and support other staff where required.
• Support communication with colleagues and users of the service through negotiation, influencing, listening and understanding, to ensure effective joint working.
• Be aware of the Trusts Incident reporting systems in line with Health and Safety and Risk policy requirements.
• To participate in regular supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines and Trust policy.
• To participate in the Trust’s annual Appraisal process.
• To attend all relevant mandatory training as and when required to do so.
• To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
• To comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local policies and procedures implementing this.
• To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area.
• To comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information and to be aware of any changes in these.
• To comply at all times with the Trust’s Information Governance related policies. Staffs are required to respect the confidentiality of information about staff, patients and Trust business and in particular the confidentiality and security of personal identifiable information in line with the Data Protection Act. All staff are responsible for ensuring that any data created by them is timely, comprehensive, accurate, and fit for the purposes for which it is intended.
• Protection of Children & Vulnerable Adults – To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• Implementation of NICE guidance and other statutory / best practice guidelines. (if appropriate)
• Infection Control - To be responsible for the prevention and control of infection.
• Incident reporting - To report any incidents of harm or near miss in line with the Trust’s incident reporting policy ensuring appropriate actions are taken to reduce the risk of reoccurrence.
• To contribute to the identification, management and reduction of risk in the area of responsibility.
• To ensure day to day practice reflects the highest standards of governance, clinical effectiveness, safety and patient experience.
• To ensure monitoring of quality and compliance with standards is demonstrable within the service on an ongoing basis.
• To be aware of the responsibility of all employees
• This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties, which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.


*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website


This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Nov 2024

A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.


We are pleased to be able to offer an excellent opportunity for an experienced mental health clinician to join our Mandatory and Essential Skills Training team. We are looking for a registered clinical professional who is passionate about the development of others and has an interest in the design and delivery of mental health clinical skills training. While it would beneficial, this role does not require a background in education as you will be working with an established team who would benefit from your clinical experience and understanding of learning in the workplace.

You should have experience with clinical risk assessment in mental health services and be able to support the workforce in achieving proficiencies in practice. This role also has the potential to get involved in the development of innovative simulated learning relating to mental health practice and trialling emerging learning technologies.

A good candidate will have a strong clinical background that includes experience of assessing skills competence in specialist mental health clinical settings. They will demonstrate the ability to engage, support, motivate and lead others to deliver high quality care.

An excellent candidate will be able to demonstrate their professionalism and innovative attitude to challenges in the workplace, and a commitment to empowering others.

Not sure if this is the right next step for you? Please do contact us if you would like to discuss before submitting your application.


• Lead on provision of comprehensive competency-based programmes of multi-disciplinary staff development relating to essential clinical risk skills in a specialist mental health context including the design, planning, delivery and quality assurance of training.
• Lead on design and delivery of mandatory training relating to sexual safety and therapeutic observations.
• To ensure review of implementation and effectiveness of development programmes in addressing specific identified learning or clinical needs
• To promote meaningful staff engagement in work-based learning opportunities
• To support analysis of training needs and quality assurance measures for competency based blended learning programmes
• Provide managerial and clinical leadership in area of responsibility.

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 disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

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

1. Lead and manage allocated projects as part of the overall mandatory and essential skills training strategy providing a high quality, responsive service to meet the needs of the workforce

2. Lead on design and delivery of mandatory training relating to sexual safety and therapeutic observations.

3. Lead on scoping and implementation plans for the delivery of training and development to all relevant staff relating to essential clinical risk skills in a specialist mental health context

4. Identify training needs of staff and lead on design and delivery/commissioning of training, using internal and external training resources, to meet identified need, to be delivered within budget and timescale, in accordance with agreed strategy

5. Lead on review and update of existing training programmes within remit to ensure that they continue to meet the needs of the services

6. Lead on implementation of national and organisational clinical competencies to ensure that both modern design and delivery models are used, and that impact on practice post-delivery can be evidenced

7. Maintain an overview of the use of technology enhanced learning tools in relevant training programmes and lead on maintenance of course content presented in a virtual learning environment

8. Ensure appropriate organisation of training venues and logistics to achieve efficient training attendance and delivery

9. To lead the ongoing development and management of quality assurance of training for essential clinical skills in a specialist mental health context.

10.Provide consultation and guidance to managers, clinical leads and other stakeholders in relation to the meeting the training needs of staff in the context of evolving service delivery.

11.To lead in the collaboration and negotiation with Service Managers and other stakeholders internal and external to ensure delivery, methodology and implementation of the training programme meets service needs

12.Ensure availability of specialist learning and development advice, support and consultation to the Trust

13.To lead in the development potential and income generation in order to sustain the development and improvement of the business function

14.To prepare training activity reports and presentations for strategic management groups and stakeholders as required

15.To maintain an overview of current systemwide service delivery, workforce needs and training provision, and identify its scope, coverage, effectiveness and relationship with CPFT training strategy

16.To ensure that design and delivery is co-produced where possible with people that use CPFT services and their carers

17.Represent the Trust in local and national network events to maintain and develop expert level of knowledge in this speciality

18.Develop and maintain the clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide clinically effective, holistic, evidence based training.

19.Implementation and review of competency frameworks within subject field

20.Work collaboratively and in partnership with HR colleagues, CPFT managers, CPFT staff, Professional Leads including medical, partner universities, the Local Authorities and Health Education East of England to deliver an integrated multi-disciplinary education offering and collaborative learning.


This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024

The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team for older adults is a well-established, friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team based in Fulbourn, Cambridge . The team offer intensive support and treatment at home, and in care homes, for older adults with mental health challenges, including the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. The service we offer includes:

Crisis intervention, intensive treatment, support, risk assessment and management to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitating earlier discharge from mental health hospital. Dementia Intensive Support which offers a practical and a psycho-educational approach to care within patients' homes and care homes.

We are strong, passionate, and a fun-loving team with a wealth of clinical experience and knowledge and are looking for a person to join us who will have the following attributes:

A similar passion for working with older people.
A desire to develop and enhance existing skills and knowledge.
Drive and motivation whilst working under pressure in very busy team.
Experience in carrying out Clinical assessment including robust risk assessments.
A strong team-player with a great sense of humour!
Motivated by a desire to make a difference. Able to contribute to team meetings and offer a lead role within the teams
• The post holder will work within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team for older people to provide a mental health service seven days a week, within a community setting, by providing a psychosocial assessment to those who present with a range of mental health problems.
• To work in partnership with service users and carers to provide treatment within the least restrictive environment.
• To take on the role of care coordinator for clients and provide leadership support to others, to ensure that full assessment of individual care needs are undertaken, that care is planned, implemented and reviewed on a regular basis.
• To provide assessment to those at risk of being admitted to hospital and provide care, support and treatment within a community setting or facilitate admission to hospital and promote rapid discharge.
• To provide clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation and short-term contingency planning for people presenting in mental health crisis.
• To act as a role model and promote effective teamwork across the service to meet individual client needs.
• To provide a crisis and home treatment service to patients, which incorporates dementia intensive support.





Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

















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.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information and detail.
• Screen referral to the service and prioritise referrals effectively and safely
• Provide holistic psychosocial assessment, and subsequent planning and implementation of individual packages of care and treatment.
• Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures.
• Undertake risk management; practising safely and accordingly to individual service user needs.
• Provide evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
• Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients.
• Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective, and integrated manner.
• Promote a recovery model that empowers patients, carers, and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website


This advert closes on Sunday 17 Nov 2024

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic, forward thinking and motivated Management Accountant who is passionate about delivering an excellent standard of work. Bringing with you an open mind to encourage different ways of working that will continuously improve the level of financial support that the finance team at CPFT provide to colleagues, and other partners in the local NHS healthcare system.

You would be joining a supportive and experienced team who are based in Huntingdon. You would also work very closely with the Directorate that the role supports. This would require you to attend meetings with colleagues, either virtually, or face to face and taking the opportunity to spend time with them to understand the invaluable services that the NHS offer.

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate a wide breadth of accounting experience and will show strong communication skills, including the ability to analyse, understand and communicate financial information to non finance colleagues.

Main duties will include the timely production of monthly management accounts, forecasting, variance analysis, assisting in the costing of new service developments, and supporting the delivery of cost improvement plans.

The role also requires the post holder to maintain regular contact with budget managers, enabling them to accurately report and forecast financial information.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & 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.

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


• Production of timely, accurate and reliable financial information in line with month and year end timetables.
• Establish effective working relationships with budget holders, ensuring understanding and ownership of financial issues pertinent to their services.
• Supporting the Finance Manager with budget-setting and maintenance of a defined portfolio of services.
• Supporting the Finance Manager with research award costings
• Monitoring of costs and early identification of financial risks


This advert closes on Sunday 17 Nov 2024

Our Primary Care Mental Health Service is an award-winning service, receiving national interest as a new and innovative way of working in Primary Care. Based in GP practices we ensure that those with mental health needs are seen at the right time, in the right place, by the right people.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner, who holds NMC or HCPC registration, to join us.

YOU
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to complete robust clinical assessments independently.
• Enjoy a new challenge, variety in your work, working in a passionate and driven team striving to make a difference for our community.
• Would like to be part of the exciting Community Transformation Programme.

WE
• Are a compassionate, supportive and professional service that will actively support your growth and development as a senior member of the team.
• Achieve and always seek to be the best we can be through teamwork and a clear vision.

Working alongside a Mental Health Liaison Practitioner, you will work across the interface between Primary Care and Mental Health Services to facilitate mental health assessment in primary care and support GPs with joint decision making in relation to secondary care referrals, signposting, and transition of service users from secondary mental health services back to Primary Care. Your expertise will help inform GPs management plans for those with mental health needs in primary care.

Providing support, education and problem-solving approaches for adults of working age, you will be an active member of the primary care team with the ability to undertake very short-term interventions for clients with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

This is not a ‘case load’ role or service, enabling you to be flexible and dynamic in a well-supported autonomous role that will allow experience, decision-making skills and service user focus to thrive and develop.

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

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• To support service users with transitioning from secondary care into primary care.
• To be a valued core member of primary care teams within an LCG, using specialist mental health knowledge.
• To develop links and foster a culture of partnership between Primary Care Teams and CPFT Adult Mental Health Services.
• To promote the use of treatment protocols and care pathways leading to increased integration of service users within Primary Care setting.
• To enable practitioners in Primary Care to develop their skills and confidence in assessment and treatment of particular mental health problems.
• Facilitate joint work between Primary Care and Secondary Care interface and Primary Care/Voluntary Sector to increase range of services/interventions available.
• To develop a close relationship with Primary Care practices, attending practice meetings and having regular informal contact.
• Interventions will be delivered under Primary care governance and policies whilst also maintaining adherence to CPFT Trust policy.


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Nov 2024

We are excited to advertise a Healthcare Assistant post for our Acute Assessment Ward, OAK 3, based at the Edith Cavell site. The Cavell is an accessible site with free parking, a café on site and a beautiful modern design with new wards.

At CPFT our adult inpatient wards operate an exciting, ambitious model of care, known as the 3-3-3 model, focussed on providing the right care at the right time. The three wards work together to provide the best care and support possible; Oak 3 our Acute Assessment Unit, where patients stay up to 3 days, Oak 1, our Treatment ward, where patients stay up to 3 weeks, and Oak 4, our Recovery Unit, where patients stay up to 3 months.

We need a charismatic, energetic, enthusiastic health care assistant to support the provision of evidence-based treatment and work with our multi-disciplinary team to support our service users in their recovery.

You may be required to undertake and successfully complete the new national Care Certificate within a 12 weeks’ timeframe if you meet our criteria. You will receive full training and support and The Care Certificate sets out 15 national care standards that must be achieved by all health and social care staff to demonstrate that they have the skills and knowledge needed to provide safe and excellent quality of care. It is a foundation programme which can provide the first steps to career development within the NHS.

The wards bold model requires staff to have a commitment to teamwork, a sense of accountability, and an ability to work well under pressure when required.

If you are successful, we will support you in providing quality evidence-based nursing care for our service users with mental and physical health needs. As a Health Care Assistant, you will interact frequently with carers and families providing support and advice where appropriate.

You will be working as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and will be responsible for tasks under the general supervision of a registered nurse including assisting in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care on a rotational shift basis.

We will expect you to have a good level of knowledge of local, national policies and legislation which govern current service provision.

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 disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

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.

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



For further information on CPFT, please visit our website atwww.cpft.nhs.uk

Please see job description and personal specification for full details:

• To promote a positive service user experience throughout their stay through proactive listening, being responsive to issues raised and through resolving issues and concerns raised by service users with colleagues and senior members of the team.
• To be responsible for maintaining and conducting oneself in a professional manner towards service users, carers, colleagues, and other agencies, at all times. To participate in working collaboratively with other Trust services and external agencies to provide seamless care for service users.
• To provide service users with personal care, where and when required, and demonstrate empathy, dignity, respect, and compassion at all times.
• To understand the importance of the relatives/carers contribution to care and conversing with the service users and their relatives/carers, establishing their needs, and assisting them as necessary. Ensuring that any entries made by the post holder in the nursing notes are current, relevant, and accurate, and the content will then be reported & counter signed by the registered nurse or relevant professional.
• Working in partnership with the service user to access a range of activities and services to maintain their independence.
• Promoting healthy activities and lifestyle choices.
• To promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort, and wellbeing of service users, including physical observations and taking blood pressure, temperature and pulse under their guidance and supervision.
• Empower service users by ensuring that they receive relevant information about their treatment, medication, available services, advocacy services, ward routines and safety procedures under the guidance of a registered nurse.
• To ensure food and fluids are served to service users according to policy


This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Nov 2024

I’m Caroline, the service manager, for our Adult ADHD clinic, we are looking for a dynamic and innovative team lead to transform service delivery. We have a fantastic clinical team and are looking for a visionary Team Lead to support us in managing the increasing demand and shaping our service to enable us to provide outstanding patient care.

This position has a dual responsibility, serving as both the Operational Team Lead and a key clinical contributor. The ideal candidate should hold Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) qualification for the clinical aspect of the role; however, we are open to considering individuals without NMP training if they can showcase strong leadership qualities, dynamism, and substantial experience in leading teams.

Our service provides assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for adults with ADHD. Across the country demand for ADHD services are increasing. Therefore, we are seeking a candidate with proven expertise in managing and delivering services amidst substantial demand and ensuring a seamless and effective operational flow to support high-quality, and efficient, patient care.

Our team is based on our beautiful Fulbourn site in Cambridge with free parking and all the resources offered by our new Resource Centre, including our onsite café.

As the Team Lead for the Adult ADHD clinic, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the service. We feel it is important that our senior leaders are visible and accessible so we would expect you to work flexibly to support your team and drive innovation and development.

In this role you would also be supporting the clinical function of the service, completing initial assessments, medication initiations, reviews, and annual reviews. We would expect you to work with the consultants and multidisciplinary team to ensure that patients are receiving the highest quality clinical care possible. As team manager we would expect you to work with patients, carers, and staff to provide assistance, support and advice when required in a professional and timely manner.

We encourage our team leaders to review service process and delivery and develop innovative and creative solutions to challenges and ultimately improve the patient care we deliver. We are looking for a candidate who can develop strong relationships with internal and external partners to streamline our service delivery

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
• To triage/screen new referrals alongside the Clinical Lead
• To undertake ADHD Diagnostic assessment for people referred to the Adult ADHD Service.
• To practice as a supplementary/independent non-medical prescriber initiating and reviewing medication.
• To review with service users their response to prescribed medication in accordance with the local Adult ADHD Shared Care Agreement
• To be able to communicate with and meet the needs of service users, their families, and carers as appropriate.
• Provide a high level of clinical expertise in the assessment, management, and care of people with ADHD
• To actively participate in clinical supervision
• Ensure good communication with other members of the team
• To work in partnership with other Trust Services and agencies to gain the best person-centred outcomes for the service user
• Utilise recent research findings in the advancement of best practice and in the delivery of an evidenced based service.
• Identify and be responsive to the diverse cultural, social, and spiritual needs of all patients.
• Promote general health education and specifically mental health education to the client group.
• Identify and intervene proactively in situations that contribute to an unsafe environment for patients, visitors, and staff.
• Ensure the effective and efficient use of all resources.
• Be aware of the responsibility to maintain a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
• Perform any other duties that may be required from time to time
• To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard and within current quality initiatives within the area of work.
• Ensuring the identification, recording and use of relevant performance data
• The post holder will work collaboratively with all disciplines as part of a multidisciplinary team to assure a high standard of care, working collaboratively to resolve issues.
• Uses knowledge of business and management principles and strategies for the promotion of quality developments and efficient use of resources.
• Promotes accountability for practice and strives to attain the highest standards.
• Promotes and uses evidence-based approaches to practice management
• To ensure that services are delivered within an appropriate clinical governance framework, monitoring, and evaluating standards of care, and to raise concerns with Service Manager as necessary including through active use of the Risk Register.
• To undertake investigations of complaints, clinical reviews, and Serious Incidents
• To chair meetings and provide cover for the Service Manager
• Adopt an appropriate style with staff for achieving group objectives monitoring and evaluating workloads. Providing vision and inspiration through effective clinical leadership to ensure that the skills and competencies of staff are actively developed as appropriate
• Be conversant and proactive with Government legislation such as the Mental Health Act, Clinical Governance and NHS Long Term Plan, NICE Guidelines and Quality Standards, Mental Capacity Act and the Care Act.
• Encourage, promote and maintain effective communication with other CPFT teams and services and external or statutory agencies to promote continuity of clinical care for service users.
• To liaise with other disciplines involved in the provision of therapeutic interventions on a regular basis to ensure seamless care for service users.
• Ensure patient care is delivered within the least restrictive environment.
• Ensure effective and appropriate deployment of staff, monitoring retention, sickness, absenteeism, working performance and taking appropriate action at the earliest opportunity.
• Manage human and budget resources to an optimum effect, reporting to the Service Manager as appropriate.
• Motivate, train and develop staff (appropriate to banding and roles) through Personal Development Plans and Individual Performance Reviews to enable staff to work to their full potential.


This advert closes on Sunday 10 Nov 2024

We are currently seeking a skilled and compassionate Senior Clinical Nurse Therapist to join our unique, dedicated team as part of the OPD Fens services located within a high secure male prison service.

This unique role offers the chance to provide mental health support in a challenging yet rewarding environment providing specialist mental health knowledge advise, consultation and a range of clinically based interventions ensuring that assessments, treatments and ongoing care as required is delivered within the prison environment.

The post will involve managerial responsibilities and working alongside the MDT and Service Manager ensuring continuity of care and close working relationships with our partners in NHFT. Tasks may involve you working outside of the Fens services including the residential wings, workshops, the health care centre and, at times, may involve attending prisoners who are temporarily based in Health Care, Segregation Unit, the Bridge or the Close Supervision Unit.

The post holder will develop and deliver specialist clinics that address the holistic needs of this population focussed on specialist needs related to trauma, personality difficulties and comorbid mental health conditions.

The post holder will provide specialist knowledge and interventions for the offenders within PD pathway (OPDP) using high quality, evidence-based specialist assessments and interventions. To ensure the provision of specialist advice, consultation, liaison, and education to professionals who work within and in conjunction with the OPDP Fens services.

To provide therapy and hold a clinical case load.

You will contribute to the ongoing review, development, and delivery of Mental Health training and education to other staff. To work jointly with staff from a variety of other services.

To liaise and consult with the Fens Services Consultant Psychiatrist, the NHFT Psychiatrist, the primary health care team, and secondary MH teams within the prison.

To provide specialist advice and consultation regarding the management of moderate and severe MH conditions, supporting referrals to specialist NHS services where appropriate.

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.

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.

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

To exercise full autonomous professional responsibility for the psychological assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the role of the outreach lead.

To manage and maintain a caseload in line with current standards of psychological practice and consistent with agreed team approaches. This will be at least 50% of your role.

To have significant working knowledge of personality disorder and trauma, and the behaviours that come from high levels of distress.

To have close working relationships with our partnership providers and the wider prison, and to have a good understanding and knowledge of the client group and be able to communicate the needs of the Service User group within appropriate meetings and forums.

To hold a clinical caseload and provide individual and group therapy.

To communicate the results of assessment and interventions to other members of the multidisciplinary team including non-clinical staff, and to do so in a way that is accessible to all.

To communicate effectively, using the highest level of interpersonal and
communication skills, within difficult situations such as to a service user who may be presenting as hostile and antagonistic and not wanting to receive information.

To develop formulations and treatment plans for the formal interventions and/or management of a resident’s mental health and behavioural problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of these problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the Fen’s.

To ensure that all members of the clinical team have access to the understanding of the resident from a psychological perspective, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.


This advert closes on Sunday 10 Nov 2024

A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.


Hi , my name is Mike and I am the Service Manager for both Peterborough and Cambridge CRHTT’s. This post is for the Peterborough team but we have positions both ends of the county. We are HTAS accredited, reflecting the high standard of care we provide, and have great opportunities for personal growth and development.

Peterborough Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team is a well-established service at the heart of acute crisis care within Peterborough and surrounding areas. Covering a large geographical area, rich with diversity, team is made up of very experienced staff, of various disciplines, all with their own unique brilliance.

You will be responsible for conducting comprehensive assessments and collaboratively planning care and treatment interventions with those we are supporting. This includes effectively managing high risk presentations at times, so requires a good knowledge base and comprehensive skill in risk management and safety planning.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:
• Superb clinical and communication skills together with vision and enthusiasm to develop the mental health services;
• Strong leadership and people management skills;
• A dynamic approach with the ability to thrive on exciting challenges
• The desire to develop their expertise;
• Have a relevant degree and previous experience of working with patients with unstable conditions;
• Have the expertise, passion and experience to make a real difference to caring for people;
• Experience of working as a member of a full multi-disciplinary team.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.



Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.



To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Other benefits from joining us are:
• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus bank holidays (depending on NHS service)
• Pension scheme
• Full-time/Part-time or job share opportunities
• Salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount scheme
• Professional leadership programs for experienced nurses through NHS Academy
• Stress awareness training
• Mindfulness training
• Counselling service

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


• The post holder will work within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team to provide a mental health service seven days a week, within a community setting, by providing an urgent response and/or psychosocial assessment to those who present with a range of mental health problems and who are in mental health crisis.
• Referral agencies include the First Response Service, in-patient facilities, psychiatric liaison service and other adult CPFT mental health services.
• To work in partnership with service users and carers to provide treatment within the least restrictive environment.
• To provide rapid response assessment to those at risk of being admitted to hospital and provide care, support and treatment within a community setting or facilitate admission to hospital and promote rapid discharge.
• To work completely within the Framework of the Care Programme Approach (CPA)
• To provide clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation and short-term contingency planning for people presenting in mental health crisis
• This a developmental post. Following completion of the preceptorship period objectives and competencies will be set to be achieved in the following 6 months. Successful completion of these objectives and competencies will result in a Band 6 post.


This advert closes on Thursday 7 Nov 2024

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Lead (Mental Health Practitioner) to join our First Response Service.

We provide 24-hour access to mental health services for individuals of all ages experiencing a mental health crisis. If you join us, you will be part of a pioneering and award-winning team, working closely with community agencies such as the police, ambulance services, and local authorities to develop short-term contingency plans for those in crisis. The working environment includes exposure to high levels of distress in others and at times can be high pressured. Lone working in the community is a major element of this job as is potential exposure to verbal and physical aggression.

The Clinical Lead role includes working 1:1 with service users (both over the phone triage and face to face assessments) and working collaboratively to develop crisis and safety plans, however as a leader, you will also be responsible for supporting the wider team and will have expertise in risk assessment and safety planning.

We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust. If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community want to hear from you.

· Co-ordinate the shift and allocate work (including referrals or assessments) to the team.

· Conduct telephone triage and community face-to-face assessments for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, a Clinical Lead may support with any particularly complex cases, including giving advice to other member's of the team, or taking a lead on these assessments themselves.

· Provide brief clinical risk assessments, mental health formulations, and develop short-term contingency plans for callers using 111 option 2 or referrals from other professionals

· Liaise with other professionals and agencies, either taking referrals from them or giving advice. This may include emergency services, GP's, local authorities, school's and care home's for example.

· Work closely with other mental health services, including secondary care teams, primary care mental health and other acute / crisis services.

· Implement brief solution-focused interventions to empower patients, carers, and families in problem-solving and decision-making.

· Collaboratively develop safe and appropriate care plans, utilising strong communication and assessment skills.

· Excellent understanding of the resources offered by other external agencies in order to offer people the support they require for their personal and specific needs.



This post is open to professionals with the right attributes to enhance a team. In return we will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

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

Co-ordinate each shift.

Provide evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.

Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients in liaison with the First Response Service.

Provide assessment, planning and implementation of individual packages of care and treatment.

Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective and integrated manner.

Promote a recovery model that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.

Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures.

Act as the patients and relatives advocate.

Enable patients and carers to manage disability, loss and change.

Champion patients’ rights, including: dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect.

When undertaking all of the above ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing.

Escalate concerns.

Delegate duties and prioritise urgency of assessments.


This advert closes on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024

A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.


We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, Band 8B Principal Clinical Psychologist to join our Intensive Support Team (IST) for adults with learning disabilities, in Peterborough. This team offers you a unique opportunity to show case your experience and expertise in working with adults with learning disabilities, who need psychological support when they find themselves in a crisis,where the role requires working within complex systems and with a number of partners.

Our team supports adults with learning disabilities with a diverse, and challenging range of complex needs. Our goal is to support our service users to remain in their community when in crisis, by offering additional mental health support, psychological therapy, and treatment. We support the transition of service users to allow them to return from out of area placements and work closely with services supporting young people to prevent them having to leave Peterborough unnecessarily.

We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to work with our multidisciplinary team. If you are successful, you will be providing Positive Behaviour Support (applied behavioural analysis, formulation, and functional analysis) and trauma informed care. A key part of your role will be supporting the wider team to develop their psychological understanding of people’s difficulties through consultation, supervision, and training. As a team we are passionate about development an providing the best possible care for our service users.

You will be responsible for implementing psychological assessments and providing therapeutic interventions. As mentioned above, you will be supporting the wider team to develop psychological understandings of people’s difficulties through consultation, supervision, and training. Supervision of an assistant psychologist and doctoral trainees on placements will also be an exciting part of the role.

You will be supported by the Consultant Clinical & Forensic Psychologist. Professionally CPFT psychologists have a wide and active range of supervision and research groups which will be available to you. CPFT has an active research interest group with many local, regional ,and national collaborations. The trust has strong links with the UEA Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Programme and the University of Cambridge. There will be both supervision, teaching/lecturing and examination opportunities with both universities.

We are a small team who are dedicated to supporting the development of our staff. If you are successful, you will have access to CPD opportunities, as appropriate to the role, and will have the opportunity to arrange a flexible work schedule to ensure a work/life balance that suits you.

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.

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• As an autonomous practitioner manage a highly complex case load, including planning and implementing appropriate interventions based on the referral evaluation, assessment, diagnoses, treatment, and monitoring of individuals identified needs of adults with a learning disability.
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• As a senior clinician, to support the service and team manager & Consultant Psychologist in the development of a high quality, responsive service, including leading on an area of service development in line with service plans. To include advise on those aspects of the service where psychological and other organisational matters need addressing.
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• As a senior clinician, to support the Lead Psychologist in the development of a high quality, responsive service, including leading on an area of service development in line with service plans. To include advising on those aspects of the service where psychological and other organisational matters need addressing. Designing and conducting service development activities in line with local & national priorities.
• To provide professional leadership and management to psychology staff including Assistants and Trainees, including recruitment, reflective practice, supervision, appraisal, and professional development particularly mandatory training as delegated by the consultant Psychologist/ team manager.Managing operational aspects such as the waiting list.
• To lead in multi-disciplinary/ multi-agency working within the CPFT and with Key partners.Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with colleagues, other agencies, people who use services, and their families,Promoting partnership with people in other health and social care settings,
• To work within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team(s).
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.Designing and conducting clinical audit and research, maintaining current knowledge of research findings and development within the learning disability field,
• Undertaking psychological assessments, formulation, therapeutic interventions, and consultation to support people with specific needs, e.g. challenging behaviour, dementia, autism, mental health issues, and psychological and emotional difficulties, to maintain the skills needed for living an ordinary life,undertaking assessments and developing and implementing plans within the Positive Behaviour Support framework.
• Acting as an advocate and ensuring that there is proper regard for people’s dignity, choice, self-esteem, and racial, cultural, sexual, and religious needs and preferences,
• Being responsible for assessing and managing clinical risk, including in a crisis, or safeguarding situation,

If you are interested in this exciting post please contact either Deborah Hunt, Consultant Clinical & Forensic PsychologistDeborah.hunt@cpft.nhs.ukor Sallyanne Broughton, Team Manager IST sallyannebroughton@cpft.nhs.ukto arrange a phone call, TEAMS call or visit.


This advert closes on Monday 4 Nov 2024

A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.


The post-holder will provide medical leadership to the North CAMHS team within the Integrated Children’s Service, working closely with consultant colleagues inCAMHS and Paediatrics, CAMHS MDTs and alongside Managers.

The post holder will provide Consultant Psychiatrist level clinical assessment and treatment to children and young people with general psychiatric disorders in City Care Centre, Peterborough at approximately 1 new case per week and they will work mainly with Core North Team. Further considerations can be made if the post holder wishes to allocate some PAs to work with the neurodevelopmental team (ADHD pathway).

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

Main Duties of the Post

1. The post-holder will provide medical leadership to the North CAMHS team within the Integrated Children’s Service, working closely with consultant colleagues inCAMHS and Paediatrics, CAMHS MDTs and alongside Managers.

2. The post-holder will provide Consultant Psychiatrist level clinical assessment and treatment to children and young people with general psychiatric disorders in City Care Centre, Peterborough at approximately 1 new case per week.

3. The post holder will work mainly with Core North team. Further considerations can be made if post holder wish to allocate some PAstowork with Neurodevelopmental team (ADHD pathway).

4. Attend and help shape the team meetings in order to ensure robust clinical governance activities are maintained including appropriate CPD slots, arranged by the Team Manager in collaboration with seniorclinicians.

5. Link with Home treatment team and the crisis team– this will include supporting IST workers to formulate its cases and plan patient’s care as the patient’s Tier 3consultant.



6. 2.5 Programmed Activities (or pro-rata) are allocated for CPD, audit, clinical governance, supervision, research and other supporting professional activities. Of this, 1.5 PA (or pro-rata) is mandatory and an additional one PA (or pro-rata) is also allocated to supporting professional activities that benefit both the post-holder’s professional development and the Trust’s ability to deliver high quality and properly governed services. There is a termly CPD event. Examples of SPA activity include working within the Trust’s governance structure e.g. participation in the Ethics Committee, Clinical Audit and NICE Implementation Group, the Medicines Management Committee or fulfilling the role of Lead Clinician. There are a great many CPD opportunities including lectures, case conferences and journalclubs.

7. Training of Core, Specialty and GP trainees including as their Consultant Supervisor. The North CAMH and NDS team is a placement for CPFT’s Core Training scheme and Specialty Trainees in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry who are on the East of England Higher Training Scheme.Wenow also train GPs in Secondary Care, so there will the expectation for the post-holder to train a GP trainee in Secondary Care if the opportunityarises.

8. Contribute to the daytime Duty Consultant rota together with Consultant colleagues and ensure Consultant cover is available as needed for the duty CAMHS practitioners and paediatric wards for urgent assessments and advice.

9. Participate in the Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist out of hours on-call rota (currently 1 in 8) paid at Band A, 5% supplement. Providing Consultant Child Psychiatry, non-residential, on call advice/supervision to doctors in training grades and duty CAMH practitioners. This is a Trust-wide rota covering all of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, the three Tier 4 units and the three acute hospitals. Advice may need to be provided to the 24/7 nurse led all age telephone crisis service and 9-9pm CAMHS crisis service. There is an expectation that phone calls will be responded to promptly and that on occasion consultants may be required to attend a hospital site to assess patients. There is current review of remuneration for on-call through a diary exercise.

10. Contribute to the teaching and training of STs, CTs, medical students and MDT members.

11. CTs and STs work within the department as part of their psychiatric rotations. There will be an opportunity to undertake the role of Clinical and Educational Supervisor for these doctors in training.

12. Access to admin support is through the Peterborough Admin Hub. Core and the Neurodevelopmental service have dedicated administrators.

13. Provide consultation to multi-agency colleagues working with children and young people on an occasional basis and attend to any safeguarding needs that arise in accordance with local and national best practicestandards.

14. Maintain high quality clinical records and otherwise participate in the administrative duties associated with patient care and the running of theservice.

15. Collaborate with medical colleagues to maintain the service in the absence of departmental colleagues due to annual leave, study leave and short-termsickness.


This advert closes on Thursday 14 Nov 2024

A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.


*There is a generous recruitment premium attached to this post of £40K in addition to the standard relocation expenses (T&Cs apply).

The appointee will provide Consultant leadership and psychiatric input into the acute inpatient unit at the Cavell centre. They will work with the multidisciplinary team and establish good liaison and links with the community teams. Four sessions are protected for special interest to be negotiated in job planning. These may include specific management or teaching responsibility or research.



This post consists of 10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs) which includes 6 PAs of direct clinical care and 4 PAs for supporting activities and CPD. The consultant will be responsible for the care of patients admitted to the inpatient unit. The consultant will also work with well-established services alongside other medical and non-medical colleagues. The appointed consultant will provide strong leadership to the teams and drive further service developments in acute care. Junior doctor support in the form of Specialty doctors, higher trainee or a core psychiatric trainee is provided.

The successful candidate will be working alongside consultant colleagues in the North of the County. The ward is co-located on the Cavell Centre with three other Psychiatric Inpatient Units and the Crisis Home Treatment Team; all of which have substantive consultant Psychiatrists in post. These consultants form a key part of a multiprofessional clinical leadership team across the Wards at the Cavell Centre which provide a source of mutual professional support and collaborative working.

The post will involve close working relationship with modern matron, nurse specialists and team managers. A consultant mentor is offered to all new consultants as part of a well established package of support and engagement with the wider consultant body across the Trust.

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.

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

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The Consultant Psychiatrist is a key clinical leader for the Team. Their role includes:

· Represent the team to other Consultants and management.

· Clinical areas:

o Diagnosis

o Bio psychosocial approach to treatment

o Evidence based interventions

o Legal issues

o Boundary setting

· Clinical Leadership:

o Enabling/Encouraging other team members

o Strategic planning and development

o Available to the team both to individuals and the team as a whole

o Active team member

o Attend regular reviews

o Work towards high team morale

· Education:

o Medical students from Cambridge University

o Junior Doctors

o Other disciplines

· Participate in:

o Evaluation

o Audit

o Research

o Purpose and functioning of the team

· A source of wisdom to the team

The post holder will:

· Work in accordance with the New Ways of Working initiative for Consultants, attend regular team meetings such as MDT meetings and formulation meetings to discuss clinical issues with team members, care coordinators, inpatient doctors and other statutory agencies as required for the care of community patients.

· Work closely with other consultant colleagues to ensure that the patient journey is as smooth as possible.

· Provide clinical leadership and actively liaise with general practitioners, psychiatrists and other hospital specialists, statutory and non-statutory agencies, whenever relevant to the care and treatment of patients.

· Be committed to a multidisciplinary approach to care.

· Use evidence-based interventions at all times.

· Offer a consistent response to referrers/service users regardless of origin of referral in a timely fashion.

· Offer an accurate diagnosis and timely interventions so that intensive treatment can be delivered to present chronicity and dependency on psychiatric services, in accordance with the recovery model.

· Attend Mental Health Act assessments as requested for relevant patients.

· Act as the Responsible Clinician for inpatients including attending Tribunals, as necessary.

· Participate in the development and maintenance of care programmes for patients.

· Supervise junior and middle grade doctors in the team.

· Participate in the teaching programmes of the multidisciplinary team.

· Contribute to the collection of clinical information to ensure further service development and to enable audit.

· Work closely with consultant colleagues to contribute to the provision of appropriate Consultant cover for daytime, 9 am to 5 pm, (working days) and for periods of annual/study/special leave.

· Participate in the on-call Consultant rota primarily for advice; Consultants are on the 3rdTier of on call.

· Participate in clinical governance and teaching activities..

· Contribute to the day-to-day management and to the overall service development agenda through appropriate involvement with managerial and clinical colleagues.

· Undergo annual appraisal and fulfil the requirements of continuing professional development (CPD) in order to meet the criteria for revalidation by the General Medical Council.

· Agree a job plan with the Clinical Director.

· Attend Trust Wide Medical Advisory Groups.


This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Nov 2024

A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.


This Specialty Doctor post in Adult Psychiatry is located in the Cambridge area of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will work with the Consultant Psychiatrist primarily to provide medical input to the patients on Mulberry 2.


This is a 6-month post on a fixed term basis.


Supervision and training from the Consultant Psychiatrists will be provided.

The post holder will:

- Assess newly admitted patients for their physical and mental health needs including risk.

- Take active steps to address the identified needs in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.

- Liaise with other health professionals and other voluntary and third sector agencies.

- Work with MDT in discharge planning.

- Attend team meetings and routine clinical handovers.

- Guide and support other junior doctors in day to day functioning of the unit and distribution of workload.

- Actively participate in local and trust wide educational activities. The services regularly have medical student attachments and involvement in teaching is encouraged.

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.

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

This Specialty Doctor post in Adult Psychiatry is located in the Cambridge area of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will work with the Consultant Psychiatrist primarily to provide medical input to the patients on Mulberry 2.


This is a 6-month post on a fixed term basis.

Supervision and training from the Consultant Psychiatrists will be provided.

The post holder will:-

- Assess newly admitted patients for their physical and mental health needs including risk.

- Take active steps to address the identified needs in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.

- Liaise with other health professionals and other voluntary and third sector agencies.

- Work with MDT in discharge planning.

- Attend team meetings and routine clinical handovers.

- Guide and support other junior doctors in day to day functioning of the unit and distribution of workload.

- Actively participate in local and trust wide educational activities. The services regularly have medical student attachments and involvement in teaching is encouraged.

Other responsibilities

If the post holder proves to be both successful and committed at Specialty Doctor level, there is the possibility of further career development. All career grade doctors are required to maintain their education, professional development, and accreditation. Appropriate time and financial support are available for this purpose. The post holder undertakes, exceptionally, to be available for such irregular commitments outside normally rostered duties as are essential for continuity of patient care.


This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Oct 2024

Previous applicants need not apply

We are currently looking to recruit a motivated Staff Nurse to join our team based on our 15 bed Welney Ward at the Princess of Wales hospital in Ely.

The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under pressure at times. This post is open to Registered nurses with the right attributes to enhance our team.





The ideal candidate will have a commitment to teamwork, a sense of accountability, plus an ability to work under pressure. The post holder will provide quality evidence-based nursing advice, support and care for service users with mental and physical health needs and to their carers within a multidisciplinary setting. You will be responsible for supporting and leading on the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care and will have a good level of knowledge of local, national policies and legislation which govern current service provision.

The post holder will be responsible for identifying and contributing to the training needs of junior registered and unregistered staff and ensure that issues of equality, diversity and rights are dealt with in accordance with good practice and legislation. You will ensure that effective communication pathways exist, and act within your sphere of responsibility.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.



Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
• As key members of the rehabilitation team, the Registered Nurses provide a high standard or individualised, holistic and evidence-based patient focused nursing using the nursing process. The Registered Nurses also act as a vital link between patients, carers, relatives and therapists to ensure there is a consistent focus on patient outcomes.
• Ensure the delivery of high quality, patient focused care and treatment.
• Ensure Expected Date of Discharge (EDD) is set through negotiation between patient, carer, team and internal/external agencies to achieve a safe and effective discharge which closely meets the patient’s needs.
• As a reflective practitioner, actively promote reflective practice within the team questioning clinical practice, taking appropriate action where gaps in knowledge or experience may compromise the health and safety of others.
• The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes.
• Provide patients and their families /carers with information on standards they should expect from the team.


This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Oct 2024