Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to come and join our All Age Eating Disorder Service. Would you like to join a passionate and supportive multidisciplinary team that works throughout Powys, offering assessments and evidence-based interventions to children, young people and adults referred to Powys mental health teams with an eating disorder?
You should have significant post qualification experience of providing psychological assessment, highly specialist interventions, supervision and consultation. You will need to be able to work autonomously and as part of a team. Our Psychology and Psychological Therapies Team places a strong emphasis on staff wellbeing and supporting personal and professional development.
Powys is a unique and beautiful place to live and work, with a small population across a large geographical area. This presents us with specific challenges that require creativity, flexibility and innovative ideas. You will be supported to embrace the opportunity this provides for individual clinicians to have a real impact on services and the experiences of our service users.
Applicants who do not currently meet all the essential criteria for the Band 8a role are encouraged to apply and, if successful, will be appointed under Agenda for Change Annex 21, and subject to an individualised competence development plan.
Main duties of the job
To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist psychology service for people struggling with eating disorders across the age range and across a variety of settings i.e. including home, community and education contexts.
Offer advice, consultation and supervision on this client group's psychological care to psychology colleagues, non-psychology colleagues and other nonprofessional carers.
Work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.
Propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team/service.
Utilise doctoral level skills for audit, policy and service development, research and supervision.
Ability to work across Powys, conducting clinics across the county, and able to meet the travel commitments of the post.
About us
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.
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.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, including psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Familiarity with key strategy documents, policies and procedures and a willingness to develop knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to mental health services
- For Band 8a Annex 21: Commitment to undertake a one-year training programme to attain the relevant competencies as above
Desirable
- Post qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Post-Doctorate Clinical Supervision training
- Specialist training, in for example, Systemic Family therapy, Maudsley Model, CBT for Eating Disorders
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience gained through doctorate training of working across a range of client groups that must include Adults, Children and Families, people with a Learning Disability, and Older Age Adults
- Significant experience of working in a mental health setting with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting with problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including eating disorders
- Beginning to develop advanced levels of clinical expertise and practice working with eating disorders patients across the age range OR For Annexe 21: a demonstrable interest in working with individuals with eating disorders
Desirable
- Delivering teaching and training
- Providing supervision to Clinical/ Counselling Psychologists trained, or in training, and/or to Assistant and Graduate Psychologists
- Providing individual or group supervision and consultation to other professional staff groups
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, including psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Familiarity with key strategy documents, policies and procedures and a willingness to develop knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to mental health services
- For Band 8a Annex 21: Commitment to undertake a one-year training programme to attain the relevant competencies as above
Desirable
- Post qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Post-Doctorate Clinical Supervision training
- Specialist training, in for example, Systemic Family therapy, Maudsley Model, CBT for Eating Disorders
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience gained through doctorate training of working across a range of client groups that must include Adults, Children and Families, people with a Learning Disability, and Older Age Adults
- Significant experience of working in a mental health setting with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting with problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including eating disorders
- Beginning to develop advanced levels of clinical expertise and practice working with eating disorders patients across the age range OR For Annexe 21: a demonstrable interest in working with individuals with eating disorders
Desirable
- Delivering teaching and training
- Providing supervision to Clinical/ Counselling Psychologists trained, or in training, and/or to Assistant and Graduate Psychologists
- Providing individual or group supervision and consultation to other professional staff groups
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).
