Job summary
We are looking for an energetic and enthusiastic practitioner psychologist (2.3wte) to complete our team of psychologists working in Community Mental Health Teams.
You will provide a full range of psychological services to persons with complex or enduring psychological distress, and work with the multi-disciplinary team to offer specialist psychological advice, consultation and training.
The posts are managed by the Lead Consultant Psychologist for CMHTs (Dr Tansy Mayfield), and report to the Locality Psychologist. The posts are envisioned as being substantive (between 0.6wte to 1.0wte) and are in our Vale, Hamadryad and Pendine teams where you would be joining established psychology colleagues.
These posts can be offered as a 7/8a developmental post, or as an 8a post for people with appropriate experience. The 8a post is an excellent opportunity for those looking to progress their career, or for established 8as who want to be part of our developing service. We are also keen to hear from newly qualified applicants (and those close to completing their training) as this role can be offered as a 7/8a developmental post: we offer a professional development programme giving you the opportunity to develop the relevant skills and competencies to transition to 8a on successful completion of the programme - usually within 18 months.
Main duties of the job
We have recently remodelled the structure of psychology services in CMHTs giving us a cohesive, well-supported structure with increased staffing. Each team now has an established in-team psychologist and these posts will further enhance provision - it is a rare chance to work with an in-CMHT psychology colleague. We have three locality leads (8b) supporting the psychologists in each locality cluster of CMHTs, and an 8c service lead. Our CMHT psychologists work collaboratively to more flexibly meet the needs of service users - and this also allows greater peer support, and opportunities to develop specialist skills and interests. There are lots of opportunities to be part of our active programme of service development, including established and emerging group interventions.We are developing our skill mix across the service, and there are good in-house opportunities for CPD, including training in Interpersonal Therapy and Open Dialogue Approach. C&V UHB is fortunate to have a number of services focussed on specific issues (for example, Eating Disorders service) and, for people in full-time posts, there may be opportunities to pursue CPD time in these services. We also have good links with our local doctoral training courses (clinical and counselling) and opportunities to provide supervision, research, consultancy and training. It is an exciting time to be part of psychology provision in the Community Mental Health Teams for Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan.
About us
Working for Our Organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
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
For an informal chat, or information about the posts please contact Dr Tansy Mayfield, service lead for Adult CMHT Psychology at tansy.mayfield@wales.nhs or 07816 364195 .
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
For an informal chat, or information about the posts please contact Dr Tansy Mayfield, service lead for Adult CMHT Psychology at tansy.mayfield@wales.nhs or 07816 364195 .
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 registration as a practitioner psychologist.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice.
Experience
Essential
- A wide range of experience in applying clinical/counselling psychology in the NHS.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with mental health/psychological problems in a medical setting; problems 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 and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience of teaching/training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to use the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills to convey and receive highly complex/sensitive information effectively, requiring empathy and reassurance, in a highly emotive atmosphere and the ability to overcome psychological resistance to potentially threatening information, whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism at all times.
- Ability to make clinical and service-related judgments involving complex facts requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of several options.
- Ability to implement agreed policies and strategic long-term service developments.
Special knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology theory and practice, assessment, psychological therapies and their application.
- Participation with CPD as recommended by the BPS.
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 registration as a practitioner psychologist.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice.
Experience
Essential
- A wide range of experience in applying clinical/counselling psychology in the NHS.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with mental health/psychological problems in a medical setting; problems 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 and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience of teaching/training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to use the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills to convey and receive highly complex/sensitive information effectively, requiring empathy and reassurance, in a highly emotive atmosphere and the ability to overcome psychological resistance to potentially threatening information, whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism at all times.
- Ability to make clinical and service-related judgments involving complex facts requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of several options.
- Ability to implement agreed policies and strategic long-term service developments.
Special knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology theory and practice, assessment, psychological therapies and their application.
- Participation with CPD as recommended by the BPS.
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
Community Mental Health Teams
Cardiff Royal Infirmary (administrative base)
Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan
CF24 0SZ
Employer's website
https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
