Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate 8b Psychologist to join our thriving Older Person's Psychology Team within CTM UHB, on a full-time and permanent basis. The successful candidate will become the Lead for Memory Assessment Services across the health board, experiencing the breadth and diversity of clinical work that this specialty has to offer. They will become a senior member of the team, alongside fellow colleagues covering CMHT and Inpatient services.
The CTM UHB Older Person's Psychology Team consists of a supportive and passionate team of colleagues, including experienced Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists and Psychological Therapists. We're a team who embraces change and opportunity, and are currently in an exciting period of service development. The successful candidate will be well supported and mentored by senior colleagues, and provided with a range of opportunities for career development.
The wider Psychology service within CTM UHB has undergone exciting developments in recent months and is a thriving department to sit within. We hold regular conferences throughout the year, where psychology teams across CTM UHB come together to share good practice and innovations within the trust and wider area. We have close links with local Doctoral Clinical/Counselling Psychology programmes and provide regular training and placement opportunities to Trainees.
Main duties of the job
Within CTM UHB, Older Person's Mental Health services are currently divided into five areas: Bridgend, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff and Merthyr - each area consists of an Older Person's Community Mental Health Team (OPCMHT) and Memory Assessment Service (MAS), and Older Person's Mental Health Inpatient wards. The successful candidate for this post will provide specialist input for MAS across Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and will be the service lead within Psychology.
This role provides an opportunity for an experienced 8b Psychologist to work as a senior clinician, leading on service development of the MAS pathways across the health board. The post holder will supervise and support the psychological/Neuropsychological assessment and interventions provided by practitioner psychologists, trainees and assistant psychologists, as well as offering consultation and developing formulations in collaboration with the memory assessment service multi-disciplinary teams to understand and manage complex presentations. The post holder will also take lead responsibility within Memory Assessment Service for developing and delivering psychological interventions to those experiencing psychological difficulties, with expertise in a number of approaches (e.g., including cognitive behaviour therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, humanistic and systemic interventions).
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
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/Knowledge
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or Counselling Psychology with additional training in neuropsychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Doctorate level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of neuropsychology.
- Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Knowledge of the theory and practise of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. dementia and behaviours that challenge in the context of dementia).
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training in research methodology, staff training and/or other applied fields.
- Evidence of an interest in working towards the Full-Practitioner Membership Qualification of the Division of Neuropsychology.
- Interested in, enrolled on or completed the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QICN).
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience working as a registered practitioner psychologist.
- Post qualification experience of working in older people's mental health services and with service users who have dementia and their families/carers.
- Experience of teaching, training and clinical supervision.
- Experience in a leadership role within the NHS
- Experience in service development and managing or supervising staff within psychology and other disciplines.
Desirable
- Substantial post qualification experience in cognitive assessment of older people
Person Specification
Qualifications/Knowledge
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or Counselling Psychology with additional training in neuropsychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Doctorate level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of neuropsychology.
- Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Knowledge of the theory and practise of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. dementia and behaviours that challenge in the context of dementia).
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training in research methodology, staff training and/or other applied fields.
- Evidence of an interest in working towards the Full-Practitioner Membership Qualification of the Division of Neuropsychology.
- Interested in, enrolled on or completed the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QICN).
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience working as a registered practitioner psychologist.
- Post qualification experience of working in older people's mental health services and with service users who have dementia and their families/carers.
- Experience of teaching, training and clinical supervision.
- Experience in a leadership role within the NHS
- Experience in service development and managing or supervising staff within psychology and other disciplines.
Desirable
- Substantial post qualification experience in cognitive assessment of older people
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).
