Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic clinical psychologist, who is a good team player, and who feels passionately about delivering psychological care within a child physical health setting. The post is to lead the psychology service within the Welsh Centre for Cleft Lip & Palate, working with babies, children and young people born with a cleft, and their families as well as some adult patients.
Main duties of the job
Key duties within this role include:
To lead a team of Qualified and Assistant Psychologists to deliver, evaluate and develop the cleft psychology service. There is opportunity to work in a preventative way, promoting psychological adjustment and resilience, to work in a more traditional way supporting people with psychological difficulties, and to support children and families through their treatment journey, often from birth to their early 20s.
As a senior member of the cleft team, working collaboratively with other specialty leads and the MDT to develop the service with an ethos of always improving, and to ensure developments and pathways are psychologically informed.
To ensure systems are in place for clinical and information governance within the cleft psychology service and to be responsible for the recruitment, management and supervision of the psychologists within the cleft team and more broadly when appropriate.
To proactively engage with the national cleft network and contribute to local, regional and national audit and research.
To be an active member of the group of psychologists working with children in the Health Board and to work collaboratively with other psychologists in WHSSC funded surgical services.
About us
We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The Welsh Centre for Cleft is a regional service covering all of South and Mid-Wales. The service works with all babies born with a cleft of any kind from antenatally though to age 20. Adults born with a cleft can also access the service. The service is a specialist surgical service and the MDT comprises of specialist nurses, psychologists, surgeons, speech and language therapists, paediatricians, dentists, and orthodontists.The service is based in Morriston Hospital but some regular clinics are held in University Hospital Wales in Cardiff.
Psychology is an established and valued part of the cleft team. The team works closely together in a multi-disciplinary way and has won multiple awards for multi-disciplinary projects. Having the opportunity to work with all babies and children born with a cleft enables the psychologists to work in a wide range of ways including preventative work promoting resilience and adjustment, alongside the more traditional therapeutic work with children and families experiencing psychological difficulties.
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
The Welsh Centre for Cleft is a regional service covering all of South and Mid-Wales. The service works with all babies born with a cleft of any kind from antenatally though to age 20. Adults born with a cleft can also access the service. The service is a specialist surgical service and the MDT comprises of specialist nurses, psychologists, surgeons, speech and language therapists, paediatricians, dentists, and orthodontists.The service is based in Morriston Hospital but some regular clinics are held in University Hospital Wales in Cardiff.
Psychology is an established and valued part of the cleft team. The team works closely together in a multi-disciplinary way and has won multiple awards for multi-disciplinary projects. Having the opportunity to work with all babies and children born with a cleft enables the psychologists to work in a wide range of ways including preventative work promoting resilience and adjustment, alongside the more traditional therapeutic work with children and families experiencing psychological difficulties.
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
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualifications and post-qualification courses/study
- Substantial experience of application of knowledge
Desirable
- Publications and/or advanced training in research and/or leadership
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate experience in child setting
- Appropriate experience in physical health setting
- training and experience in supervision
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Communication skills verbal and oral
- collaborative working in MDTs
Desirable
values
Essential
- empathy, compassion, respect
- aware of impact of own behaviour
- resilient, adaptable, flexible approach
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualifications and post-qualification courses/study
- Substantial experience of application of knowledge
Desirable
- Publications and/or advanced training in research and/or leadership
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate experience in child setting
- Appropriate experience in physical health setting
- training and experience in supervision
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Communication skills verbal and oral
- collaborative working in MDTs
Desirable
values
Essential
- empathy, compassion, respect
- aware of impact of own behaviour
- resilient, adaptable, flexible approach
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
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).
