Practitioner Psychologist: Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Llandough; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health board in the UK is seeking a Practitioner Psychologist specializing in spinal cord injury rehabilitation. This permanent, part-time position offers the opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, providing specialized psychological services. Candidates must hold a Doctorate in Psychology and be HCPC registered. Experience in medical settings is highly desirable, and the role includes responsibilities such as assessments, interventions, and team supervision.

Qualifications

• HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist required.
• Post-qualification experience in psychological care and treatment.
• Knowledge of applying psychology in medical settings is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized psychological service for spinal cord injury rehabilitation.
• Conduct psychological assessments and interventions for patients.
• Supervise junior team members and manage clinical governance.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Intervention skills

Teamwork

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology

Good Honours degree in Psychology

Job description

Main area Clinical Health Psychology, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Grade Band 7/8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week Job ref 001-PST021-0525

Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Employer type NHS Site University Hospital Llandough Town Llandough Salary £46,840 - £61,412 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/06/2025 23:59

Practitioner Psychologist: Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Band 7/8a

WHO WE ARE:

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Board in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of 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 also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the next decade and beyond.

We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:

· We are kind and caring

· We are respectful

· We have trust and integrity

· We take personal responsibility

OUR REGION:

Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It 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, as well as charming towns including Penarth and Cowbridge. Those seeking more culture may find themselves drawn to the National Museum, St Fagan’s Museum of Welsh Life or the Millennium Centre, home of the Welsh National Opera. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job overview

Cardiff and Vale UHBs in partnership with the Neurosciences and the Psychology & Psychological Therapies Directorate offers an exciting opportunity for a permanent, full-time, Band 7 or 8A HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) to join an established multi-disciplinary team. We provide specialised inpatient spinal cord injury rehabilitation to a regional service, covering south, west and mid-wales.

It is essential for the postholder to hold a Postgraduate Practitioner Doctorate in Psychology (Clinical or Counselling) and to be a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist. Newly qualified clinical or counselling psychologists who will be eligible for HCPC registration are strongly encouraged to apply. Knowledge and experience of applying psychology in medical (particularly neurological) settings is highly desirable, as is an enthusiasm for multi-disciplinary teamwork.

This post is an opportunity for a permanent, full-time, Band 7 (development post) or Band 8a to gain experience in spinal cord injury rehabilitation. Applicants applying at Band 7 level will be offered support to reach the required competencies in order to develop.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a specialised psychology service to adults with spinal cord injury undergoing specialist inpatient rehabilitation.
• The post holder will provide specialised psychological and neuropsychological assessments and interventions for patients and their families.
• The post-holder will offer advice and consultation on psychological care to the multi-disciplinary team and wider, working within national and professional guidelines and departmental procedures.
• The post-holder will be required to supervise more junior members of the team and manage the clinical governance and development agenda as a service.
• The post-holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within UHB guidance.
• This role will include complex psychological assessments, formulation and treatment on an individual and group basis, multi-disciplinary work, consultancy, liaison, research, teaching, and supervision of others.
• To offer supervision and teaching to doctoral trainee clinical psychologists as a lead supervisor.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Detailed job description and main 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.

Person specification

Qualifications

• 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).
• Eligibility for HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist
• Pre- or post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice

Experience

• Post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care pla
• Experience of working in both community and in-patient settings across the lifespan
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary or multi-agency context
• Pre- or post-qualification experience of working with adults and/or children and young people and their families within a medical setting; problems presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings

Skills

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Required communication & professional relationship skills at multiple levels
• Required analytical and judgement skills for complex clinical decision making
• Required planning and organisational skills to manage caseloads and professional demands
• Evidence of service development and innovation
• Awareness of, and commitment to, the promotion of equity, diversity and inclusion especially for marginalised groups

Specialist Knowledge

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology theory and practice, assessment, psychological therapies and their application in a range of settings
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology
• Evidence of pre- and post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS
• Well developed specialist knowledge of psychological models and therapies related to the needs of people with medical conditions across the lifespan.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of clinical/counselling psychology in relation to medical problems and working in a medical setting

Personal Qualities

• Commitment to and interest in working with people who have medical conditions.
• Awareness and appreciation of issues on diversity, representation and inclusion
• Commitment to continuing professional development, service innovation and development

MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:

We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status.We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.