Job summary
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board's Welsh Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Centre, in partnership with the Psychology & Psychological Therapies Directorate, offers an exciting opportunity for a HCPC Registered Highly Specialised Practitioner Psychologist - Band 8b to to be part of a newly funded multi-disciplinary outreach team based in UHL. The development of a dedicated outreach service will enable the Welsh centre to support people with complex spinal cord injury rehabilitation needs along the care pathway. It will enable a dedicated MDT to make regular visits to DGH's across Wales, to advise on specialist care and support local clinical teams in the holistic management of people with highly complex needs. It will have the scope to offer those people who have complex spinal rehabilitation needs across Wales and have difficulties attending clinics in Cardiff to be seen in their local community or even at home in a timely manner. This includes improving access to psychological interventions and services for people living with spinal cord injury along the care pathway.
Main duties of the job
Psychological skills are highly valued within the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Service and have been part of the planning for this new service. There is an opportunity for providing and designing psychological care, for direct client work, work with families, consultancy, staff-focussed interventions, innovation, service improvement/design, care pathway improvement, skills training and research/audit. In addition to the clinical and MDT roles, leadership of the psychological components of the dedicated outreach service is a key element of this post. This includes overseeing the other psychological roles/tasks within the service, consultation/supervision, and contributing to ideas for expansion and the future development of the service in collaboration with the lead consultant psychologist.
The post will enhance the existing specialist spinal cord injury rehabilitation psychology service, which currently includes a lead consultant and principal practitioner psychologist.
The post is 1.0wte, 37.5 hours per week.
It is essential for this post to hold a Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent), to be a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling), and be eligible for Chartered Psychologist status with the BPS. Substantial and demonstrable post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist with experience working with people with medical problems/physical disability.
About us
This is an exciting time to join Cardiff & Vale UHB. The UHB has supported the development of psychological expertise in medical settings and there is a growing Clinical Health Psychology and Neuropsychology Specialty. The post-holder will join the newly established Neuro-Rehabilitation Psychology Department at Llandough and be based with colleagues working in both spinal cord injury rehabilitation and clinical neuropsychology. There is an active professional network for clinical psychologists in South Wales and you would be able to develop your professional, leadership, supervisory and clinical skills via CPD opportunities.
We are looking for individuals who share our values;
- We care about people we serve and the people we work with.
- We trust and respect one another.
- We take personal responsibility.
- We act with integrity.
Post holders will be expected at all times to behave in accordance with our values demonstrating commitment to the delivery of high quality services to patients.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Expressions of interest and visits are welcome.
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
Essential
- Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS.
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist
Desirable
- Post doctoral training/ experience in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, particularly clinical health psychology/medical settings or transferable
- Evidence of peer reviewed publications, presentations at conferences, or similar contributions.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial and demonstrable post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist within clinical health psychology/medical settings or applicable transferable skills
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified healthcare professional and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision.
- Demonstrable evidence of significant specialist clinical supervision within a scientist-practitioner framework, including supervision, group supervision and case presentations.
Desirable
- Experience of working with service users as co-producers
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Able to take responsibility for managing and providing a specialist service, or systematically providing part of a larger service.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Analytical and judgment skills as described on person specification
- Planning and Organisational Skills as described on person specification
Special Knowledge
Essential
- Formal training and supervision of other psychologists.
- Evidence of significant post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS.
- Ability to identify and provide support to carers and staff.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation.
- Specialist knowledge of psychometric test construction, development, validation, administration and clinical interpretation of the results.
Desirable
- Awareness of ethnic diversity issues.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to and interest in working with people within medical settings.
- Commitment to working collaboratively with patients, their families/carers and staff to develop and improve services.
- Willingness to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to communicate clearly and with sensitivity - verbally and in writing.
- Organised and flexible, able to prioritise workload
Other
Essential
- Computer literate
- Ability to travel between work sites in a timely manner.
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh and willing to use in a work context
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS.
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist
Desirable
- Post doctoral training/ experience in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, particularly clinical health psychology/medical settings or transferable
- Evidence of peer reviewed publications, presentations at conferences, or similar contributions.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial and demonstrable post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist within clinical health psychology/medical settings or applicable transferable skills
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified healthcare professional and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision.
- Demonstrable evidence of significant specialist clinical supervision within a scientist-practitioner framework, including supervision, group supervision and case presentations.
Desirable
- Experience of working with service users as co-producers
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Able to take responsibility for managing and providing a specialist service, or systematically providing part of a larger service.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Analytical and judgment skills as described on person specification
- Planning and Organisational Skills as described on person specification
Special Knowledge
Essential
- Formal training and supervision of other psychologists.
- Evidence of significant post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS.
- Ability to identify and provide support to carers and staff.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation.
- Specialist knowledge of psychometric test construction, development, validation, administration and clinical interpretation of the results.
Desirable
- Awareness of ethnic diversity issues.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to and interest in working with people within medical settings.
- Commitment to working collaboratively with patients, their families/carers and staff to develop and improve services.
- Willingness to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to communicate clearly and with sensitivity - verbally and in writing.
- Organised and flexible, able to prioritise workload
Other
Essential
- Computer literate
- Ability to travel between work sites in a timely manner.
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh and willing to use in a work context
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Address
The Llandough Centre for Specialist Spinal and Neurorehabilitation
Penlan Road
Penarth
CF64 2XX
Employer's website
https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
