Job summary
Cardiff and Vale UHBs offers an exciting opportunity to join the launch of a new service covering Inherited Bleeding Disorders (Lifespan), Inherited Anaemias (Lifespan) and Adult Metabolic Conditions. The post will be for a permanent, full-time, Band8bHCPC Registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join an established multi-disciplinary team and provide specialist psychological expertise to children and adults living with a range of inherited conditions, and their families. It is essential for this post to hold a Postgraduate Practitioner Doctorate in Psychology and to be a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist.
The applicant will be a highly valued member of the Adult Health and Neuropsychology department where we encouragecollegial working and actively promote a culture where open dialogue about improving inclusion and diversity for both service users and staff is welcomed and celebrated.
Supervision of assistant psychologists, doctoral trainee clinical psychologists and other qualified clinical / counselling psychologists working in similar team settings.
Main duties of the job
Psychological skills are highly valued within this lifespan service. There is an opportunity for direct client work, working with children, young people, adults and older adults, consultancy, innovation, service improvement work, skills training and research/audit. You will be workingas a member of a small Specialist Psychology Team within the widerestablished multidisciplinary team (including Consultant Haematologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physiotherapists, Medical Social Worker, Play Specialist, Youth Worker and an Assistant Psychologist), and will cover both South, West and Mid-Wales
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is 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 and/or experience in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, particularly related to child psychology, clinical health psychology/medical settings
Experience
Essential
- Substantial and demonstrable post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist within clinical health psychology/medical settings or applicable transferable skills
- Experience of working with a wide variety 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, both as a professionally qualified healthcare professional and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Evidence of service development and innovation
- Experience of teaching, training and clinical supervision of psychologists and other healthcare colleagues.
Desirable
- Experience of working with service users and other stakeholders as co-producers.
Specialist Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- High level knowledge of theory and practice of at least two specialist psychological therapies
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to specialty
- Communication & Relationship skills as described on person specification
- Planning and Organisational Skills as described on person specification
- Ability to identify and provide highly specialised, psychologically informed support to carers and staff.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
Desirable
- Providing service feedback and audit data to stakeholders
- Evidence of significant post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS
- Awareness and application of equality, diversity and inclusion in practice
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 and/or experience in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, particularly related to child psychology, clinical health psychology/medical settings
Experience
Essential
- Substantial and demonstrable post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist within clinical health psychology/medical settings or applicable transferable skills
- Experience of working with a wide variety 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, both as a professionally qualified healthcare professional and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Evidence of service development and innovation
- Experience of teaching, training and clinical supervision of psychologists and other healthcare colleagues.
Desirable
- Experience of working with service users and other stakeholders as co-producers.
Specialist Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- High level knowledge of theory and practice of at least two specialist psychological therapies
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to specialty
- Communication & Relationship skills as described on person specification
- Planning and Organisational Skills as described on person specification
- Ability to identify and provide highly specialised, psychologically informed support to carers and staff.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
Desirable
- Providing service feedback and audit data to stakeholders
- Evidence of significant post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS
- Awareness and application of equality, diversity and inclusion in practice
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).
