Senior Practitioner Psychologist

Transformationunitgm; Swansea; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Swansea is seeking a Senior Practitioner Psychologist to join their multi-disciplinary team. The role involves providing specialized psychological services in acute mental health settings, fostering collaboration and evidence-based practice. The organization values professional development and inclusivity, offering a supportive environment for career growth.

Benefits

CPD Opportunities

Inclusive Employer

Professional Training

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in adult mental health settings.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Experience in clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialised psychological services across acute adult inpatient wards.
• Conduct psychological, neurocognitive and risk assessments.
• Offer staff training and consultation.

Skills

Clinical Supervision

Psychological Assessment

Therapies Application

Education

Doctoral level in Practitioner Psychology

HCPC Registration

Job description

Welcome toSwansea BayUniversity Health Board. We welcome applications from people who share our values: caring for each other, working together and always improving.

Swansea BayUniversity Health Board reserve 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.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff currently awaiting redeployment and we therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

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.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic, Senior Practitioner Psychologist to provide a specialised, practitioner psychology service across the adult acute care pathway based on the male and female acute wards at the Cefn Coed hospital site in Swansea.
The two acute wards provide acute care, rehabilitation and recovery focus to adults coping with an acute mental health crisis. Clyne ward is a 14 bedded female ward and Fendrod ward is a 21 bedded male ward for adults with a mental health diagnosis who are in acute crisis and require a hospital admission. The post holder will join an established multi-disciplinary team that includes another practitioner psychologist, assistant psychologist as well as nurses, psychiatry, OT, and pharmacy. The team are focused , supportive and collaborative.
The acute care pathway is part of Adult Services. You will be joining the Adult Psychology Service which is a group of practitioner psychologists working across the multi-disciplinary teams (MDT's) in secondary care. The Adult Psychology Service emphasises the development of practice-based evidence and service evaluation, in order to inform service development, delivery and quality improvement.
This permanent post is being advertised at band 8a. However, we would welcome applications from newly qualified psychologists, and would consider the opportunity for preceptorship and career progression within the role, with associated support.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to provide a specialised, practitioner psychology service across the two acute adult inpatient wards. The post holder will provide specialised psychological, neurocognitive and risk assessment as well as contributing to risk management and safety planning. Furthermore, the post holder will provide and have opportunity to provide, specialised psychological intervention to service users, staff training, consultation and support, team formulation, group based interventions, reflective practice.
The post holder will join a vibrant Adult Psychology team, that supports a trauma-informed, strengths-based and collaborative approach, drawing on a range of psychological models and approaches, including recovery, positive psychology, compassion-focused, good lives and relational. The Adult Psychology team cover services across Swansea Bay Health Board, so some short-distance travel can be anticipated.
Psychologists in the adult service have close links with local clinical and counselling doctoral courses and offer trainee placements. There are also opportunities to link with wider psychology colleagues across Swansea Bay Health Board who work in mental health, forensic, primary care, health psychology and neuropsychology settings among others.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post but not required; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board. The Health Board supports a range of CPD opportunities, including for those who are newly qualified for the purpose of gaining experience and skill development at the outset of their qualified career.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

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

• HCPC registration as practitioner psychologist
• Doctoral level/ advanced knowledge of practitioner psychology theory, practice, therapies and their application, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC.
• Training in clinical supervision of doctoral trainee practitioner psychologists
• Post-doctoral/qualification training courses in specific areas of practitioner psychology
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies i

Experience

• Substantial experience of working as a qualified practitioner psychologist, within adult mental health settings with a rehabilitation and recovery focus
• Demonstration of further specialist training / experience, across a range of care settings and clients
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care,
• Experience of specialised assessment and treatment across a range of care settings
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
• Experience of the application of practitioner psychology in diverse cultural contexts.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.

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.