Welcome to CPFT's Spotlight Vacancy page.
This page is to put a spotlight on a select few vacancies each week.
Helping promote specialist jobs to ensure we are reaching every new potential candidate.
If you would like any further information on any of the jobs below or working for CPFT in general.
Please email the recruitment team on cpftrecruitment@cpft.nhs.uk
Band 3
Band 3
Administrator - Speech and Language Therapy Service
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated administrator to work alongside the Speech and Language Therapy, providing administration support to a countywide service, liaising with clinicians and service users to ensure an effective, efficient and streamlined service.
We can accommodate the successful candidate to be based in an open plan office at Huntingdon. If you enjoy variety in your work and wish to be a part of a friendly and dynamic team, then we would love to hear from you.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 29.5 hours per week
Site: Kingfisher House, Huntingdon
Salary: £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
Closing 14/10/2025 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
Liaison and Diversion Peer Support Worker
We have an amazing opportunity for a peer support worker who has had lived experience of being through the criminal justice system to come and join the Liaison and Diversion Service in Cambridgeshire.
As a Liaison and Diversion Peer Support Worker, you will be able make a positive impact on people's lives through sharing the wisdom from your own lived experience. You will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others. Within a relationship of mutuality, you will facilitate and support information sharing to promote choice, opportunities and connection to local communities.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Site: 53 Thorpe Road, Peterborough
Salary: £24,937 - £26,598 per annum, pro rata
Closing 13/10/2025 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
Band 5
Band 5
Staff Nurse
We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Staff Nurse to join our Willow Ward Team within the Older People's Mental Health, based in Fulbourn, Cambridge.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times. This post is open to professionals with the right attributes to enhance a team.
Experience in a mental health setting is required.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift work, includes weekend and nights)
Site: Willow Ward, Cambridge
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum pro rata
Closing 15/10/2025 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
Research & Development Senior Administrator
The post holder will provide high quality administrative services to Research and Development (R&D). They will provide general support to the R&D project lead including administrative and logistical assistance, facilitating study setup and ongoing research support for CPFT hosted and sponsored projects. They will support R&D in the administration of externally funded clinical trials and other investigator-led research taking place in the Trust.
The post holder will also provide a supervisory role to the band 3 R&D Administrator at the Cavell Centre in Peterborough. A high degree of independence, flexibility and initiative will be essential for the post.
Contract: 22 months (fixed term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Site: Windsor Research Unit, Cambridge
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata
Closing 13/10/2025 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
Band 6
Band 6
Senior Occupational Therapist
We have an exciting opportunity for a rehabilitaion focused Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Inpatient Rehabilitation Service on Welney Ward, Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely.
This position is working with patients on our inpatient wards to support patients out of hospital and offer holistic clinical assessment, rehabilitation, discharge planning and specialist therapy knowledge.
Successful applicants will play a vital role in supporting patient flow through the pathways as well as providing clinical skills and knowledge to the MDT. This position offers flexibility, variety and the opportunity to be involved in the transformation of our inpatient rehabilitation service. You will be supported by a band 7 clinical lead.
If you are flexible, caring, and dynamic and feel excited by the possibility of improving services to improve patients’ lives then please apply.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Site: Princess of Wales Hospital - Welney Ward, Ely
Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
Closing 09/10/2025 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
Band 7
Clinical Research Practitioner in Mood Disorders
The Clinical Research Practitioner in Mood Disorders will be a key member of the new CPFT Mood Disorders Research Clinic, led by Dr Hatfield and Dr Osimo. This full-time, fixed-term Band 7 role supports the clinic’s establishment and daily operations across Cambridge and Peterborough.
The role involves coordinating and delivering research with adult patients, and occasionally older adults and adolescents. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, physical examinations, and phlebotomy, as well as supervising junior staff and resident doctors.
Contract: 12 months (fixed term or secondment)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Site: Newly Established Mood Disorders Research Clinic, Cambridge
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
Closing 12/10/2025 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
Accredited CBT Therapist
We are a multi-disciplinary team offering a diverse range of professional approaches, including Family Therapy, Nursing, Occupational therapy. Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Social work, and Mental health Practitioners.
We work with young people with who are experiencing moderate to severe emotional, behavioural, or mental health difficulties. As a team we believe that service user participation and feedback is an integral part of the development and delivery of services and supports care which is person centred and inclusive.
You will have a strong team work ethic, the ability to work autonomously, hold personal accountability and work well under pressure. You will have access to regular individual and group clinical supervision, CPD opportunities within and outside of the service, and the support of a robust and supportive multidisciplinary team. You will also be required to support the team to ensure the smooth running and organisation of the service, contributing towards research, evaluation, and service development, to ensure care is responsive, effective, and equitable.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (working hours 9-5, set working days to be discussed)
Site: City Care Centre, Peterborough
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata
Closing 13/10/2025 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
As a patient, relative or carer using our services, sometimes you may need to turn to someone for help, advice, and support.