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
Activity Co-ordinator
We have an exciting opportunity for an Activity Co-ordinator to join our team on Poplar Ward!
Activity Co-ordinators hold a key role across our wards and services, providing vital care and support to our service users; providing social and therapeutic activities. Their contribution to the running of an effective service is crucial and they are a key part of the team.
If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of an organisation that will help you to develop and achieve your goals in an environment where staff wellbeing matters, then we want to hear from you.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Site: Poplar Ward (PICU), Cavell Centre, Peterborough
Salary: £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Closing 04/02/2026 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
Band 5
Band 5
CASUS Substance Misuse Practitioner
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a qualified nurse, social worker or allied health professional to join our small, friendly, specialist team supporting children and young people with substance misuse issues in Cambridgeshire.
This post is suitable for a newly qualified practitioner, or an experienced professional looking for a new challenge.
The post holder will be part of CASUS — Cambridgeshire Child and Adolescent Substance Use Service - a multi-disciplinary team working with young people and their families to address drug and alcohol use and co-occurring mental health difficulties. They will manage a client caseload including the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care planned interventions. They will deliver targeted and specialist interventions to individual young people, groups of young people and parents/ carers.
The post holder will be expected to develop to be able to work independently, with the support of the team clinical leads and team leader and provide guidance to sessional workers and students.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Site: Newtown Centre, Huntingdon
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Closing 03/02/2026 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
Band 6
Band 6
Care Co-ordinator
The service supports working-age adults who have severe affective and psychotic disorders. The teams offer support in a number of ways, drawing from the expertise of such a variety of disciplines.
You will have the opportunity to manage a caseload of diverse service users, delivering a diverse range of clinical skills and building a therapeutic and recovery based relationship.
Recovery principles are embedded in the work of the locality teams and we aim to support people to reach their potential by facilitating hope, empowering autonomy and developing meaning and purpose in life.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time / Part time 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Site: Union House, Cambridge
Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
Closing 04/02/2026 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
Band 7
Practitioner Psychologist
Development post Band 7 to 8a
We would like to offer a Band 7 to 8a psychologist development post working at Peterborough City Hospital, within Cystic Fibrosis and General Paediatrics, helping to provide parity of esteem between Physical and Mental Health.
The post is offered at band 7 and involves the transition to a band 8a psychologist, with the expectation that you will have fulfilled and evidenced the competency requirements following a transitional period (usually 12-18 months). You will be appointed a preceptor (supervising psychologist) who will support your development and hold regular reviews of progress, to ensure that you can produce a portfolio evidencing your ability to fulfil the requirements and competencies of a band 8a psychologist.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week (Preferably Monday and Tuesday, as job share, but potential to negotiate)
Site: Peterborough City Hospital, Peterborough
Salary: £47,810 - £62,682 per annum pro rata
Closing 02/02/2026 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
Band 8a
Band 8a
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Join our new Assertive Outreach Team as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (Band 8a) and help shape our service for adults with complex and enduring mental health needs. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference for individuals who find it difficult to access traditional services, often with long histories of trauma and disengagement.
You’ll be part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, delivering specialist psychological assessments and evidence-based interventions that empower service users to achieve meaningful change.
If you’re passionate about trauma-informed, person-centred care and thrive on challenge, we want to hear from you. Be part of a team that values compassion, innovation, and evidence-based practice, and help build a service that truly transforms lives
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time Flexible working 37.5 hours per week
Site: 37 Union House, Cambridge
Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Closing 19/01/2026 23:59
Find out more and apply HERE
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