Clinical Psychologist

1 month ago

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom Hywel Dda University Health Board Full time

We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Psychologist to join our Adult Mental Health team in Carmarthenshire, South West Wales. As a Specialist Psychologist, you will provide bespoke, specialist, and creative psychological interventions to individuals, based on the development of a complex, multi-theoretical formulation that encompasses historical, developmental, systemic, and neuropsychological processes.

Main duties of the job:

  1. To provide a psychology service to clients within the service, across all sectors of care, providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy as well as specialized cognitive assessments of functioning.
  2. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
  3. To act as a Specialist Resource, within the geographic area, as a point of contact, advice, and guidance for other psychological service staff.
  4. To provide supervision to qualified psychologists, trainee psychologists, assistants/graduate psychologists, and non-psychologist colleagues.
  5. To utilize research skills for audit, policy, and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

About us:

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health, and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales.

The post is advertised as a Band 8a. However, applicants who do not currently meet all the skills and competencies for the Band 8a role are encouraged to apply and, if successful, will be appointed under Agenda for Change Arrangement for Pay and Banding of Trainees (Annex 21) supported by a development plan for 2 years.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism, thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Person Specification:

Qualifications and Knowledge:

  • Doctoral level training in psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, training in two or more distinct psychological therapies, and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
  • Training in clinical psychometrics, cognitive/neuropsychology assessment as part of the psychology doctorate (or since qualification) is essential.
  • The psychology practitioner will have up to date registration with the HCPC.

Experience:

  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.

Language Skills:

  • Welsh Speaker (Level 1).

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