Job summary
Are you a Psychologist or highly experienced Psychological Therapist (with core mental health profession) looking for diversity in your clinical work? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate 8b Psychologist to join our thriving Older Person's Psychology Team within CTM UHB, on a full-time, permanent basis. The successful candidate will become the Lead for Older Person's CMHT (Community Mental Health Teams) and Psychological Therapies. Working across CTM UHB, experiencing the breadth and diversity of clinical work that this specialty has to offer.
The CTM UHB Older Person's Psychology Team consists of a supportive and passionate team of colleagues, including experienced Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists and Psychological Therapists. We're a team who embraces change and opportunity, and are currently in an exciting period of service development. The successful candidate will be well supported by senior colleagues, and provided with a range of opportunities for career development.
The wider Psychology service within CTM UHB has undergone exciting developments in recent months and is a thriving department to sit within. We hold regular conferences throughout the year, where psychology teams across CTM UHB come together to share good practice and innovations within the trust and wider. We have close links with local Doctoral Clinical/Counselling Psychology programmes and provide regular training and placement opportunities to Trainees.
Main duties of the job
CTM UHB Older Person's Mental Health services are currently divided into five areas: Bridgend, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff and Merthyr - each area consists of an Older Person's Community Mental Health Team (OPCMHT) and Memory Assessment Service (MAS) and feeds into the Older Person's Mental Health inpatient wards.
This role provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner to act as the lead clinician for OPCMHT across CTM UHB, increasing the profile of psychological therapies, as well as developing the workforce and encouraging other healthcare professionals to become more psychologically minded.
The successful candidate for this post will work pan health board in a leadership and development capacity, taking a lead role in the development of operational elements of service delivery such as supervision, policy, evaluating the outcome of therapy, developing/providing training, support and specialist supervision for staff within OPMH and partners.
The post holder will also provide highly specialist psychological therapy to older people with complex needs. This includes providing a psychological assessment and therapy services to older adults under secondary care mental health services (Part 2 of the Mental Health Measure, 2010), as well as consultation and training as required for staff within the wider OPCMHT.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
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 post holder will amongst well-established multi-disciplinary teams providing specialist psychological knowledge, expertise and consultation to the team.
BABCP Accreditation is an essential criteria for this role.
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 post holder will amongst well-established multi-disciplinary teams providing specialist psychological knowledge, expertise and consultation to the team.
BABCP Accreditation is an essential criteria for this role.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) OR Core mental health profession (i.e. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist) PLUS Masters level qualification in psychological therapy PLUS significant demonstrable clinical experience in delivering psychological therapies.
- Accreditation with BABCP.
- Knowledge and experience of providing clinical supervision in order to support qualified and trainee staff with regards to psychological therapies.
- Post qualification relevant specialist training in psychological therapies.
- Well-developed knowledge of psychological issues facing patients with enduring mental health problems, as well as evidence-base for psychological interventions.
Desirable
- Experience of multi-professional management within teams or services.
- Highly-developed knowledge of more than one psychological model.
- Experience of supervising psychologists and practitioners from other professions (e.g. nursing, occupational therapy)
- Proficient Welsh language speaker.
- Experience of planning and organising a broad range of complex activities and programmes
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified psychologist or senior psychological therapist in roles involving complex clinical cases.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, as a therapist and within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience in a leadership role within the NHS
- Experience of providing clinical supervision for psychological therapies in a variety of different contexts and/or services.
Desirable
- Experience of working therapeutically with service users with cognitive impairments and adapting interventions appropriately
Person Specification
Qualifications/Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) OR Core mental health profession (i.e. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist) PLUS Masters level qualification in psychological therapy PLUS significant demonstrable clinical experience in delivering psychological therapies.
- Accreditation with BABCP.
- Knowledge and experience of providing clinical supervision in order to support qualified and trainee staff with regards to psychological therapies.
- Post qualification relevant specialist training in psychological therapies.
- Well-developed knowledge of psychological issues facing patients with enduring mental health problems, as well as evidence-base for psychological interventions.
Desirable
- Experience of multi-professional management within teams or services.
- Highly-developed knowledge of more than one psychological model.
- Experience of supervising psychologists and practitioners from other professions (e.g. nursing, occupational therapy)
- Proficient Welsh language speaker.
- Experience of planning and organising a broad range of complex activities and programmes
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified psychologist or senior psychological therapist in roles involving complex clinical cases.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, as a therapist and within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience in a leadership role within the NHS
- Experience of providing clinical supervision for psychological therapies in a variety of different contexts and/or services.
Desirable
- Experience of working therapeutically with service users with cognitive impairments and adapting interventions appropriately
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).
