Practitioner Psychologist, Critical Care

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

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Job Overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD.
Responsibilities
Clinical psychologists working in Intensive Care are responsible for developing and providing interventions focused on supporting well-being in critical care units (including patients, staff and relatives) and during patients' recovery period, including:

• Inpatient support and preventative interventions to reduce distress / trauma
• Development of a psychologically informed environment within ICU to reduce delirium (a key cause of post-ICU trauma) and the traumatic nature of an admission for patients
• Signposting support for relatives, who also experience high levels of distress and trauma.
• Staff education, training, supervision and wellbeing interventions (supporting psychological practice within the unit)
• Psychological support for staff (aid retention, reduce sickness and burnout). The roles support the psychological wellbeing of the team which can lead to a reduction in sickness due to psychological issues.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary/Job Purpose

• To develop and ensure the delivery of an autonomous psychological service for service users of the Critical Care Service including assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation.
• To provide clinical and strategic leadership for the development of a psychological service within the Critical Care.
• Along with senior colleagues within the services the post holder will be required to manage the development of the service, providing innovation in line with clinical guidelines and service standards. This will include conducting and supervising research and audit in order to develop and evaluate new clinical and psychological programmes of care.
• To ensure that appropriate treatment is offered for all people referred to the Critical Care Psychology Service. This is to be provided within the framework of clinical governance, which meets accepted standards of best practice.
• To participate fully in the professional activities of the Psychology in Physical Health Speciality and the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and ABUHB Psychology Service.
• To gain further experience of Professional Issues and to be familiar with current strategic thinking in the NHS in general and physical health in particular.
• To gather audit data to evaluate and develop service.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Doctorate qualification as a Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable criteria

• Additional Clinical Qualification

Employment History

Essential criteria

• Worked in Clinical Health Speciality
• Supervised Clinical Staff
• Extensive Clinical Experience within Adult Mental health

Service Development

Essential criteria

• Experience of Delivering Service development Project

Desirable criteria

• Speaks Welsh