Specialist/Senior Psychologist Preceptorship

Integrated Care System; Treorchy; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A health board in Treorchy is seeking a Specialist/Senior Psychologist to enhance their Rehabilitation and Recovery Services. The ideal candidate will provide psychological insights, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and engage in service development. Candidates with a doctorate in clinical psychology and relevant experience in diverse clinical contexts are encouraged to apply. The role presents an opportunity for professional development within a supportive team environment, offering an annual salary of £48,527 to £63,623 based on skills and experience.

Qualifications

• Eligibility for registration with the Health Professions Council.
• Experience working with diverse client groups and varying clinical issues.

Responsibilities

• Transform services by providing psychological perspectives and evidence-informed interventions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic care.

Skills

Welsh Language Skills

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology

Job description

Go back Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Specialist/Senior Psychologist Preceptorship

The closing date is 05 August 2025

Are you a motivated, passionate & caring individual looking to take the next step in their career path in the beautiful heart of the Welsh Valleys?

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Psychologist to join us as we move towards transforming our Rehabilitation & Recovery Services.

The post will be split between Pinewood House Rehabilitation Unit in Treorchy & the Outreach Recovery team (ORT) at Kier Hardie Health Park in Merthyr. Pinewood House is a 16-bed mixed-sex setting offering step-down from inpatient to community settings.

ORT offers flexible community-based interventions to those who are often disengaged from traditional services.

The post holder will help transform services by providing psychological perspectives; with key values including a trauma informed & co-produced approach to complex needs. The psychologist's role is highly valued and well supported, with a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration to ensure holistic care.

The psychology rehabilitation team includes a Consultant, Principle & Assistant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical/CAAP Trainees & Undergraduate Students. CTM psychology services are developing enhanced communication across specialties & service-wide conferences to share good practice & innovations.

In line with our values, potential applicants are asked to prepare accordingly for the involvement of Lived Experience Experts in the interview process.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will help transform services by providing psychological perspectives to individuals and the organisation. Key values include a trauma informed and co-produced approach to complex needs, prioritising teamwork staff support and development. The psychologist's role is highly valued, with a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration

As a psychologist within these teams, you will play a key role in formulating and delivering evidence-informed interventions tailored to individual needs, while also contributing to risk management, service development, and staff training. You will work closely with psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapist and support workers to ensure holistic care. Please see the job description and person specification for full outline of the role.

Welsh language speaking or the ability to learn is desirable for this post. Both Welsh and English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

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.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

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.

We are in the position to recruit Psychologists who already have the competence and experience relevant to an 8a position, or Psychologists who meet the qualification, training and competence for a band 7 post. In the case of the latter, we are able to offer a professional knowledge and skills-based development programme that will provide you with the opportunity to acquire the appropriate skills and competencies to enable your progression into the 8a role within an appropriate timescale.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) including specifically, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS or registered for, and actively pursuing, the Statement of Equivalence in Clinical Psychology.
• Eligibility for registration with the Health Professions Council.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of risk assessment and management.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the specialism and mental health generally.
• Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care and management network, including medical, employment, social, educational and criminal justice systems.
• Introduction to specialised therapies.

Experience

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts addressing issues of socio-economic deprivation or marginalization.
• Experience of working with risky clients
• Experience of working in multi-professional teams or services.

Skills

• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.

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

£48,527 to £63,623 a yearper annum, pro rata