Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.

The advert will close at midnight on 18th October 2026.

Interviews are due to be held in the week TBC

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree-level qualification in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work
• Current registration with relevant professional body NMC, HCPC, SWE
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in mental health, psychological therapies, or wellbeing practice
• A coaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-registration experience within a mental health setting
• Experience of conducting comprehensive mental health assessments
• Experience managing a complex caseload independently
• Experience of risk assessment and risk management
• Experience delivering evidence-based mental health interventions
• Experience delivering training, workshops, or group interventions
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience providing supervision or mentorship

Desirable

• Experience leading quality improvement projects
• Experience within NHS staff wellbeing services

Knowledge

Essential

• Mental health legislation and safeguarding frameworks
• Current evidence-based approaches to mental health and wellbeing
• Psychological wellbeing and resilience models
• Clinical risk assessment and management processes
• NHS policies, governance, and quality frameworks
• Equality, diversity and inclusion best practice

Skills

Essential

• Advanced assessment and formulation skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to engage individuals experiencing emotional distress
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to work autonomously and make informed clinical decisions
• Ability to analyse information and develop appropriate intervention plans
• Competent in the use of electronic record systems and Microsoft Office applications
• Able to remain calm and work effectively in pressured situations
• Able to identify problems, recommend and act upon solutions
• Able to motivate self and others to work collaboratively and enthusiastically within a team

Additional Requirements

Essential

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).