Job summary
Are you a Psychologist looking for diversity in your clinical work? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate 8a Psychologist to join our thriving Older Person's Psychology Team within CTMUHB, on a full-time, permanent basis. The successful candidate will work within Memory Assessment Services (MAS), experiencing the breadth and diversity of clinical work that this area has to offer, across CTMUHB.
We also welcome enquires from Trainee Psychologists nearing qualification or newly qualified Practitioner Psychologists.
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. 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
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) Older Person's Mental Health (OPMH) services are currently divided into five areas: Bridgend, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff and Merthyr - each area has it's own Memory Assessment Service (MAS) and Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). The successful candidate for this post work within MAS Psychology services across CTMUHB. The post holder will sit within well-established multi-disciplinary teams consisting of Old Age Psychiatrists, Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, and Support Workers, providing specialist psychological knowledge, expertise and consultation to the team.
This role provides an opportunity for an 8a Psychologist to work within MAS, providing a high quality psychology service to the teams and population within CTMUHB. The OPMH Psychology Team provide a range of interventions to support the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of those within the MAS pathway.This includes providing Neuropsychological Assessments, and pre-/post-diagnostic interventions as appropriate for those within the MAS pathway, including group and individual psychological therapies for those living with Dementia and/or their care partners.
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
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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 and/or Experience
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) including specifically, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC.
- Must be registered with the HCPC.
- Training in supervision of Trainee Psychologists
- Completion of suitable post-qualification supervised clinical experience with client group(s).
Desirable
- Additional post-qualification training or experience in cognitive assessment/ Neuropsychology.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in Care and treatment planning as defined under the Mental Health Measure, Wales.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clinical presentations, across the whole life course.
Desirable
- Post qualification experience of working in older people's mental health services and with service users who have dementia and their families/carers.
- Post qualification experience in cognitive assessment.
- Experience of supervising psychologists and psychological therapists from other professions e.g. nursing, occupational therapy.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Experience
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) including specifically, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC.
- Must be registered with the HCPC.
- Training in supervision of Trainee Psychologists
- Completion of suitable post-qualification supervised clinical experience with client group(s).
Desirable
- Additional post-qualification training or experience in cognitive assessment/ Neuropsychology.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in Care and treatment planning as defined under the Mental Health Measure, Wales.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clinical presentations, across the whole life course.
Desirable
- Post qualification experience of working in older people's mental health services and with service users who have dementia and their families/carers.
- Post qualification experience in cognitive assessment.
- Experience of supervising psychologists and psychological therapists from other professions e.g. nursing, occupational therapy.
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).