Clinical Psychologist

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Career development

Commitment to equality

Job summary

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is seeking an experienced Highly Specialist Psychologist to join our Learning Disability Service in England. The role focuses on delivering and developing specialist psychology services for adults with learning disabilities within a multidisciplinary team.

You will apply advanced psychological knowledge to assess, formulate and deliver interventions for highly complex cases, provide consultation and supervision, and support families, carers and

Qualifications

• Advanced psychological assessment, formulation and intervention skills
• Experience with learning disabilities and complex needs
• Ability to provide consultation and supervision

Responsibilities

• Deliver highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for adults with learning disabilities, including those with complex psychological, emotional and behavioural needs
• Provide person-centred psychological support to individuals, families and carers across home, work, education and community settings
• Lead on supporting service users whose behaviours may challenge, developing strategies to promote wellbeing and quality of life
• Work within Positive Behaviour Support framework to develop robust support plans and risk management
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated care and ensure responsive interventions
• Develop and deliver training, consultation and specialist advice to carers, healthcare professionals and partner organisations
• Contribute to service development, clinical audit, research and quality improvement initiatives
• Maintain accurate clinical records and use digital systems in line with professional standards

Skills

Communication skills

Emotional resilience

Complex and challenging cases

Education

DClinPsy or equivalent

HCPC registration

Tools

Liquidlogic

SystmOne

Job description

Package Description: Make a Lasting Difference for People with Learning Disabilities This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate psychologist to join our Learning Disability Service, providing highly specialist psychological support to individuals with complex needs. In this rewarding role, you will use your expertise to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities, while supporting families, carers, and professionals to deliver the very best care and outcomes. As a Highly Specialist Psychologist, you will play a key role in delivering and developing specialist psychology services for adults with learning disabilities. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will apply advanced psychological knowledge and clinical expertise to assess, formulate, and deliver interventions for individuals presenting with highly complex needs. You will also provide consultation, advice, and clinical supervision to colleagues and partner professionals, helping to ensure psychologically informed and evidence-based approaches are embed, This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate psychologist to join our Learning Disability Service, providing highly specialist psychological support to individuals with complex needs. You will use your expertise to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities while supporting families, carers, and professionals to deliver the best care and outcomes. As a highly specialist psychologist, you will play a key role in delivering and developing specialist psychology services for adults with learning disabilities. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will apply advanced psychological knowledge and clinical expertise to assess, formulate, and deliver interventions for individuals with highly complex needs. You will also provide consultation, advice, and clinical supervision to colleagues and partner professionals, ensuring psychologically informed and evidence-based approaches are embedded throughout the service., This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate psychologist to join our Learning Disability Service, providing highly specialist psychological support to individuals with complex needs. In this rewarding role, you will use your expertise to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities, while supporting families, carers, and professionals to deliver the very best care and outcomes. As a Highly Specialist Psychologist, you will play a key role in delivering and developing specialist psychology services for adults with learning disabilities. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will apply advanced psychological knowledge and clinical expertise to assess, formulate, and deliver interventions for individuals presenting with highly complex needs. You will also provide consultation, advice, and clinical supervision to colleagues and partner professionals, helping to ensure psychologically informed and evidence-based approaches are embedded throughout the service.,

• Deliver highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for adults with learning disabilities, supporting individuals with complex psychological, emotional and behavioural needs.
• Provide person-centred psychological support to individuals, families and carers across a range of settings, including home, work, educational and community environments.
• Use advanced communication and therapeutic skills to engage people with communication difficulties, limited understanding, or those who may be distressed, anxious or reluctant to participate in intervention.
• Lead on supporting service users whose behaviours may challenge, developing effective strategies that promote wellbeing, independence and quality of life.
• Work within a Positive Behaviour Support framework, applying psychological theory and behavioural approaches to develop robust support plans and risk management strategies.
• Manage and prioritise a varied caseload, using clinical judgement to balance risk, complexity and service demands effectively.
• Coordinate and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies to deliver integrated care and ensure interventions remain responsive to changing needs.
• Develop and deliver training, consultation and specialist advice to carers, families, healthcare professionals and partner organisations to promote psychologically informed practice.
• Contribute to service development, clinical audit, research and quality improvement initiatives, helping to enhance outcomes and share best practice across the Learning Disability Service.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and utilise digital systems effectively, ensuring documentation meets professional, legal and organisational standards. Qualifications: DClinPsy (or equivalent), current HCPC registration, and eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychologist status.
• Experience: Psychological assessment and intervention in complex cases; experience working with people with learning disabilities; experience providing consultation.
• Specialist Knowledge: Advanced psychological assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention skills; Positive Behaviour Support; current best practice for people with learning disabilities; knowledge of research methods and design.
• Professional Skills: Strong communication, emotional resilience, and ability to manage complex and challenging situations.
• Practical Requirements: Ability to balance responsibilities across teams and maintain accurate electronic records.

Desirable

• Significant post-qualification experience and ongoing CPD.
• Experience providing clinical supervision to trainee and qualified psychologists.
• Involvement in service development, quality improvement, research, or project work.
• Experience in a leadership or senior clinical role.
• Specialist interest within the field of learning disabilities.
• Knowledge of Liquidlogic and/or SystmOne., DClinPsy (or equivalent), current HCPC registration, and eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychologist status. Established in 2006, HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. The company works with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. HCRG Care Group delivers and transforms adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and musculoskeletal services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services across England. The organization supports communities of many millions and directly helps more than half a million people each year, guided by its simple values: we care, we think, we do. The group is also committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from a broad, diverse range of people, striving to be inclusive of everyone.

Benefits and Salary

• £57,528 - £64,750 (Band 8a AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

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We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.