Job summary
We are looking to recruit a Consultant practitioner (Clinical or Counselling) psychologist to our treatment wards of the Mental Health Clinical Board of Cardiff and Vale UHB.
The post holder will lead a specialist psychology service; carrying a specialist and complex caseload; supporting and supervising other psychologists, and other professions providing psychological care/therapy; providing advice and consultancy to professionals/staff delivering psychological care/therapy; line management and clinical leadership of relevant teams, services, practitioners, assistants, trainees, students from own and/or other professions; undertakes/leads service development and improvement activities, audit and R&D; assess need, designs and provides skills teaching, training, and lecturing.
Main duties of the job
We are in the position to appoint a Consultant Psychologist to lead on psychological services for the acute wards in the Hafan Y Coed unit at University Hospital Llandough site.
The successful post-holder will be responsible for helping to further develop and provide psychology and psychological therapies services to people who receive inpatient mental health services from the Cardiff and Vale UHB. You will work collaboratively and closely with your multi-disciplinary colleagues. The role will provide you with wide ranging experiences, supporting and enabling your professional development.
The role includes providing direct psychological assessments and interventions, cognitive and neuropsychological assessments, evidence based psychological therapies, staff and multi-disciplinary consultation and supervision, quality improvement work, staff skills training, research & audit, and team reformulations as needed.
In particular the successful applicant will progress a Trauma Informed Approach in inpatient care.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Boardis one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is"Caring for People, Keeping People Well",and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS.
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of clinical practice, particularly older adult mental health.
- Qualification in supervision
- Evidence of peer reviewed publications, presentations at conferences, or similar contributions
Experience
Essential
- Extensive and demonstrable experience of working as a HCPC registered practitioner psychologist with older adults with mental health problems
- Extensive experience of working with a wide range of patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision
- Evidence of highly specialist expertise in the delivery of evidence based and high intensity psychological interventions
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Ability to take responsibility for managing and providing a specialist service, or systematically providing part of a larger service.
Special Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed highly specialised knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological models and therapies / interventions in complex mental health.
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology theory and practice, assessment, psychological therapies and their application. Including highly developed knowledge of psychology relevant to people with severe and enduring and complex mental health, dementia and those "at risk" and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Up-to-date knowledge of NHS management, service development and policy implementation in Wales-wide services.
- Knowledge of any national service guidelines for the area of specialty and its implications for clinical practice and professional management in relation to complex mental health
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to working collaboratively with users of services and their care partners to develop and improve services.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and the ability to hold the stress for others.
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS.
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of clinical practice, particularly older adult mental health.
- Qualification in supervision
- Evidence of peer reviewed publications, presentations at conferences, or similar contributions
Experience
Essential
- Extensive and demonstrable experience of working as a HCPC registered practitioner psychologist with older adults with mental health problems
- Extensive experience of working with a wide range of patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision
- Evidence of highly specialist expertise in the delivery of evidence based and high intensity psychological interventions
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Ability to take responsibility for managing and providing a specialist service, or systematically providing part of a larger service.
Special Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed highly specialised knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological models and therapies / interventions in complex mental health.
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology theory and practice, assessment, psychological therapies and their application. Including highly developed knowledge of psychology relevant to people with severe and enduring and complex mental health, dementia and those "at risk" and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Up-to-date knowledge of NHS management, service development and policy implementation in Wales-wide services.
- Knowledge of any national service guidelines for the area of specialty and its implications for clinical practice and professional management in relation to complex mental health
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to working collaboratively with users of services and their care partners to develop and improve services.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and the ability to hold the stress for others.
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
