Job summary
This is a training and development role offered under Annex 21 of the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions - see additional job advert documents for details.
We have an exciting opportunity to be the Clinical Lead for the Autism service within CTMUHB. This is an Annex 21 development opportunity for those who are looking to work towards a Consultant Clinical Psychologist post.
We have a small but friendly integrated team who would welcome the addition of a Clinical Psychologist to provide clinical leadership and strategic forward planning for Autism care within CTMUHB.
Alongside assessments, formulations, consultations, and advising on complex care presentations, the role will provide supervision and clinical leadership to the team.
The post holder will work closely with team managers and the directorate lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist, to develop provision within CTMUHB and will be involved in the strategic future planning for autism and adult Neurodiversity care in CTMUHB. The post sits within the broader adult specialised services directorate and will be supported by the directorate lead consultant clinical psychologist.
Main duties of the job
This role requires the role holder to provide clinical leadership to the Integrated Autism Service and professional advice and support across wider Neurodiversity services.
The role holder will be involved in the strategic future planning for Autism and adult Neurodiversity care in CTMUHB.
The role holder will be responsible for establishing systems for monitoring the performance of the Autism service.
The role holder will be responsible for ensuring effective joint working and liaison with other services and agencies within the CTMUHB area.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see 'Welsh Language Guidance' in the documents right at the bottom.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.
Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.
CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.
Our CTM 2030 Strategy--Our Health, Our Future--focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:
o We listen, learn, and improve
o We treat everyone with respect
o We work together as one team
CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.
At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached JD/PS.
This is a training and development role offered under Annex 21 of the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions. The post holder will be required to undertake a 12 month training/development programme upon commencement of this role, with an aim to complete specialist training and obtain knowledge and experience in this field to meet the full competencies of this Job Description. Completion of the identified training/development is a requirement of the contract of employment. National assessors will be involved in reviewing and approving progression in post.
During this training period, salary will be paid in accordance with Annex 21 of the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions as follows : Months 1-12 of the training period will be paid at 75% of the top of Band 8c pay scale. Upon successful attainment of the specialist training and relevant knowledge and experience in this field, even if sooner than the 12 month allocated timeframe, the post holder will automatically move to the bottom of the Band 8c pay scale, as they will then meet the full KSF outline of this role and be expected to undertake all duties within this Job Description as indicated.
NOTE : There will be some circumstances where current staff apply for these posts, and their new trainee salary will be below that of their current salary. To aid both the recruitment and development of staff it is recommended that staff across NHS Wales should have continuity of pay for the duration of the training to avoid financial detriment. This should apply when staff take up training posts both within and across NHS Wales organisations. Following this training, the remuneration will be the bottom of Band 8c, again without financial detriment
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
See attached JD/PS.
This is a training and development role offered under Annex 21 of the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions. The post holder will be required to undertake a 12 month training/development programme upon commencement of this role, with an aim to complete specialist training and obtain knowledge and experience in this field to meet the full competencies of this Job Description. Completion of the identified training/development is a requirement of the contract of employment. National assessors will be involved in reviewing and approving progression in post.
During this training period, salary will be paid in accordance with Annex 21 of the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions as follows : Months 1-12 of the training period will be paid at 75% of the top of Band 8c pay scale. Upon successful attainment of the specialist training and relevant knowledge and experience in this field, even if sooner than the 12 month allocated timeframe, the post holder will automatically move to the bottom of the Band 8c pay scale, as they will then meet the full KSF outline of this role and be expected to undertake all duties within this Job Description as indicated.
NOTE : There will be some circumstances where current staff apply for these posts, and their new trainee salary will be below that of their current salary. To aid both the recruitment and development of staff it is recommended that staff across NHS Wales should have continuity of pay for the duration of the training to avoid financial detriment. This should apply when staff take up training posts both within and across NHS Wales organisations. Following this training, the remuneration will be the bottom of Band 8c, again without financial detriment
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
- Honours Degree in Psychology or other HCPC/BPS recognised combined Honours Degree including Psychology.
- Postgraduate Doctorate Degree in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996).
- Eligible for Chartered status as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (BPS).
- Registered as Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC
- Training and qualification in leadership.
- Highly developed knowledge of the range of psychological models in their application to complex presenting problems.
- Knowledge of cognitive and sensory impairment, delayed development, biopsychosocial models and the interaction of health and social care model to inform formulation of issues, assess and treat associated from a psychological perspective.
- Specialist training in the assessment of people with Autistic Spectrum disorders, for example ADOS or DISCO.
- Knowledge of government and national policies, national and local drivers, e.g. NSF, BPS guidance, to inform about re-structuring within the NHS and impact on delivery of care.
- Awareness of own development needs, proactive in making recommendation for own CPD, and advising about other's CPD/training needs.
Desirable
- Full understanding of issues related to Counselling/Clinical Psychology training.
- Specialist training in Psychological therapy for example; CBT, DBT, MBT, EMDR, Systemic family therapy.
- Record of conference presentations, peer reviewed publications.
Experience
Essential
- Significant therapeutic expertise, and development of areas of expertise in a range of therapeutic approaches e.g. CBT, Systemic, Mindfulness based approaches.
- Significant experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of working with clients who may be unpredictable/violent.
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Able to work with extremely distressing situations, e.g., clients that challenge services, clients with impaired communication skills.
- Ability to develop or existing demonstrable clinical supervision and consultancy skills in a multi-disciplinary context liaising with partner agencies.
- Able to work as a member of a Team.
- Competent interpersonal relating, involving complex emotional change at both the client and service/systems level: families, teams, groups.
- Computing skills, word processing and database usage, research review approaches and working knowledge of statistical analysis packages e.g. SPSS.
Other Role Requirements
Essential
- Postgraduate level of research skills
- Able to travel in a timely manner to all locations in CTMUHB.
- Flexible to the service.
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards achieving this level.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3 or above
Person Specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Honours Degree in Psychology or other HCPC/BPS recognised combined Honours Degree including Psychology.
- Postgraduate Doctorate Degree in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996).
- Eligible for Chartered status as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (BPS).
- Registered as Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC
- Training and qualification in leadership.
- Highly developed knowledge of the range of psychological models in their application to complex presenting problems.
- Knowledge of cognitive and sensory impairment, delayed development, biopsychosocial models and the interaction of health and social care model to inform formulation of issues, assess and treat associated from a psychological perspective.
- Specialist training in the assessment of people with Autistic Spectrum disorders, for example ADOS or DISCO.
- Knowledge of government and national policies, national and local drivers, e.g. NSF, BPS guidance, to inform about re-structuring within the NHS and impact on delivery of care.
- Awareness of own development needs, proactive in making recommendation for own CPD, and advising about other's CPD/training needs.
Desirable
- Full understanding of issues related to Counselling/Clinical Psychology training.
- Specialist training in Psychological therapy for example; CBT, DBT, MBT, EMDR, Systemic family therapy.
- Record of conference presentations, peer reviewed publications.
Experience
Essential
- Significant therapeutic expertise, and development of areas of expertise in a range of therapeutic approaches e.g. CBT, Systemic, Mindfulness based approaches.
- Significant experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of working with clients who may be unpredictable/violent.
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Able to work with extremely distressing situations, e.g., clients that challenge services, clients with impaired communication skills.
- Ability to develop or existing demonstrable clinical supervision and consultancy skills in a multi-disciplinary context liaising with partner agencies.
- Able to work as a member of a Team.
- Competent interpersonal relating, involving complex emotional change at both the client and service/systems level: families, teams, groups.
- Computing skills, word processing and database usage, research review approaches and working knowledge of statistical analysis packages e.g. SPSS.
Other Role Requirements
Essential
- Postgraduate level of research skills
- Able to travel in a timely manner to all locations in CTMUHB.
- Flexible to the service.
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards achieving this level.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3 or above
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).
