Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Older Adult

Hywel Dda University Health Board; Wales; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Principal Practitioner Psychologist to oversee the provision of specialized psychological services for older adults. The role involves clinical governance, delivering clinical supervision, and implementing psychological interventions. Ideal candidates should possess a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and have experience in older adult mental health services. This position plays a crucial role in improving mental health care pathways for the aging population.

Qualifications

• Experience in Older Adult Mental Health services.
• Ability to work within professional guidelines and support governance.
• Skills in assessing and delivering psychological interventions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate psychological services for older adults.
• Provide clinical supervision and address training needs.
• Assist in service delivery and improvement projects.

Skills

Compassionate care

Expertise in psychotherapeutic modalities

Clinical supervision

Risk management

Autonomous working

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Overview

We would like to welcome an experienced Principal Practitioner Psychologist into our Older Adult Mental Health Service who can demonstrate the following: Compassion whilst working with and supporting the rights and equalities of older people experiencing mental health difficulties in later life. Expertise to help us shape the way we transform and deliver specialist mental health care pathways for our aging population. Added value in our efforts to develop, support and upskill our workforce in psychologically informed practice in the face of a changing population demographic.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate the provision of high quality, highly specialist, psychological services to service users in the older adult mental health service (geographically dispersed community & inpatient);
• Clinical, professional & managerial governance responsibility for psychological practitioners;
• Lead role assessing, developing and implementing psychological interventions: including specialist psychological assessment; formulation; intervention; evaluation; consultation and teaching;
• Deliver highly specialist clinical supervision to other psychologist, psychological therapy practitioners and non-psychology staff; identifying and address learning & training needs;
• Work autonomously (within professional guidelines, policy & procedures) and exercise responsibility for systematic governance of psychological practice within service;
• Assist the Head of Service and Consultant Psychologist with the design, implementation and coordination of service delivery and improvement projects across the service;
• Expertise and skills (direct application in the older adult population or transferrable) in a range of psychotherapeutic modalities as well as applied clinical risk management, including clinical experience of suicide prevention, risk management, care and treatment pathways, aligning with service delivery priorities.

About Hywel Dda University Health Board

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties. We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services. We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers. Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services