Senior Practitioner Psychologist

NHS; Wales; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Wales is looking for a Senior Practitioner Psychologist to support adult community mental health teams. The successful candidate will lead trauma-informed care, mentor trainee psychologists, and engage in service development. This role requires doctoral-level training in psychology and registration with HCPC. The organization offers a supportive work environment focused on excellent patient care and professional growth, with a salary ranging from £56,514 to £63,623 per year.

Benefits

Generous leave

Flexible work

Access to ongoing learning and development

Qualifications

• Doctoral training including neuropsychology and distinct psychological therapies.
• Recognized training in supervision of trainee psychologists.
• Experience with complex clinical presentations and evaluating outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead in promoting psychological approaches across mental health.
• Undertake complex clinical work and develop training programs.
• Mentor and supervise psychologists in clinical settings.

Skills

Trauma-focused approaches

Clinical work

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Supervision

Care and Treatment planning

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology

Registered with HCPC

Job description

Senior Practitioner Psychologist – Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

The closing date is 09 October 2025

We are looking to recruit a practitioner psychologist to provide specialist provision within CTM's adult community mental health teams. The successful candidate will join a diverse and passionate team of psychologists working across the community teams in CTM. Senior colleagues will provide support and mentoring to the successful candidate to develop within the post, and to engage in CPD. The CMHT psychologists are also currently engaged in an exciting period of service development where there are many opportunities to be involved and work within your area of interest.

The CMHT psychology service is made up of clinical and counselling psychologists, CAAP and assistant psychologists. We have close links with both the clinical and counselling doctorate in South Wales and consistently have trainees on placement with us.

The wider CTM psychology service is going through a period of development aimed to foster good links and communication across specialities and is a thriving department to sit within. The Psychological Professionals Network has also been set up where colleagues can support each other with specialist skills in both clinical and service development work.

Main duties of the job

The post involves taking a lead in promoting psychological ways of understanding and working across adult mental health, including service development and application of evidence-based, trauma informed models within CMHT's and working with the most complex and long-term service users.

This will include undertaking complex clinical work, developing and delivering group programmes, providing training, supervision, formulation and professional reflective spaces for colleagues in psychology and other disciplines. S/he/they will also be expected/supported to undertake further training in relevant specialist areas, monitor and evaluate service developments and provide regular reports as appropriate.

This post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy--Our Health, Our Future--focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:

o We listen, learn, and improve

o We treat everyone with respect

o We work together as one team

CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.

At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

Job responsibilities

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see Welsh Language Guidance in the documents right at the bottom.

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

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, (or its equivalent) including specifically, neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC.
• Must be registered with the HCPC.
• Recognized training in supervision of trainee psychologists.
• Specific training in trauma-focused approaches, either individual or group.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the specialism and mental health generally.
• Knowledge and experience of models, evidence and practice relating to trauma-focused approaches.

Experience

• Experience in Care and Treatment planning as defined under the Mental Health (Wales) Measure.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of clinical presentations, across the whole life course. Experience of working with service users presenting with complex clinical problems.
• Multi-disciplinary team working and involvement in developing risk management plans.
• Confidence/experience in evaluation of outcomes and service developments.
• Experience of supervising psychologists and psychological therapists from other professions (e.g. nursing, occupational therapy).
• Experience of facilitating team formulation meetings.
• Experience of planning and organising a broad range of complex activities and programmes.

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.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Salary: £56,514 to £63,623 per year, pro rata