Senior Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

Provide a specialised Clinical Psychology service to clients within the Community team for people with intellectual disabilities, providing specialised psychological assessment and therapy to clients. The assessment and intervention approaches delivered will encompass multidisciplinary strategies, to facilitate the client's needs. All activities will be based upon a holistic, person-centred framework, utilising needs-led models, such as the Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) model and developing these interventions with teams, as appropriate.

This post is advertised as a Band 8a, however applicants who do not currently hold all the necessary competencies to a Band 8a level are encouraged to apply and, if successful, will be appointed under Annex 21 rules whereby 75% of Band 8a will be payable during the first 12 months or until band 8a competencies have been completed.

Main duties of the job

Exercise autonomous professional responsibility and be legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of professional practice, being guided by principles and broad occupational policies. Provide specialised psychological assessments using a wide variety of methods, including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.

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

About us

Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.

As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

Essential

• Honours Degree in Psychology
• Doctoral level advanced knowledge of Clinical Psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies and their application, Neuropsychological and Psychometric assessment and interpretation
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practised within Clinical Psychology

Desirable

• Specialist training e.g. research design & methodology; Systemic family therapy, EMDR, CAT, Neuropsychology

Experience

Essential

• Demonstration of further specialist training / experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a Clinical Psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychology
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care, with experience of coordinating care within the context of multi-disciplinary care planning

Desirable

• Experience of providing psychological services to people with neurological conditions

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Skills in the supervision of other staff including Trainee Clinical Psychologists

Desirable

• Publications in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details

Employer name

Powys Teaching Health Board
Address

Bronllys Hospital

Bronllys

LD3 0LY