Consultant Clinical /Neuropsychologist

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and extensively experienced Practitioner Psychologist to apply for a Lead Consultant post (Band 8c) within Clinical Neuropsychiatry. This is a regional service.

The role is to provide expert leadership, professional and clinical services and join the multi disciplinary team providing services to people who have acquired brain injury and complex mental health difficulties, their families and carers and requiring the specialist neuropsychiatry service

The successful candidate would join the Neuropsychiatric management and Leadership Team , work collaboratively with the Psychology Head of Specialty and be part of the Directorate of Mental Health Services for Older People and Neuropsychiatry and the Psychology and Psychological Therapies Directorate . All aspects of neuropsychiatry service design, development and delivery is part of the leadership role.

In addition, there is also a specific clinical element to this senior role. This is to provide clinical neuropsychological expertise and to work closely with medical and multidisciplinary colleagues within the service.

The post is based at the University Hospital Llandough.

It is a part -time (0.8 WTE/30 hours per week), permanent role.

The post-holder will be responsible for leading all elements of Clinical Psychology within the regional Neuropsychiatry Service based at Llandough Hospital. Cardiff. The role involves leading on the psychological care in this setting and being part of the neuropsychiatry management and decision making team for the service. The role includes providing direct clinical assessments and interventions, formulations, setting strategic direction, service development/improvement, working closely with our multidisciplinary staff, supervision/consultancy, education and research/audit.

The post holder would be expected to collaborate and work alongside other leads and managers to ensure all our services are of high quality and collaborate with the Psychology Head of Specialty . The post holder will act as an expert advisor on clinical neuropsychiatry within the UHB, to the Directorate, local clinical services and regionally, national groups and specialist commissioners.

Extensive and substantial knowledge and experience of applying psychology in complex medical settings is essential. Direct clinical experience, or demonstrable transferable skills, in the application of clinical psychology within neuropsychiatry services and/or working with complex mental health issues, neurological/brain injury and damage is essential.

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

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Clare Quinn Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist & HoS Email address: clare.quinn@wales.nhs.uk Telephone number: 02921 825789

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