Senior Clinical Psychologist in Rhyl

We are excited to be offering an 8a Senior Clinical Psychology post in our community CAMHS team. We welcome applications from those seeking the opportunity to join at Band 7 and follow a development route to the senior 8a position. The post-holder will join our diverse and vibrant multi-disciplinary team based in Conwy or Denbighshire. We are a fully integrated Early Intervention and Prevention and Tier 3 Specialist CAMH service, providing primary and secondary mental health care for children and young people.

We are proud to offer a range of therapeutic interventions, including full-programme DBT; CBT; EMDR; Systemic Family Psychotherapy; Art Psychotherapy; CAT; Maudsley Model for Anorexia; and we have access to Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. We value personal and professional development. The post-holder will have lots of opportunity and support to develop and utilise their clinical leadership skills. We have close links with our Tier 4 CAMHS service, and with local Paediatric Psychology, Neurodevelopment and Intellectual Disability services. We work closely with our multiagency partners, and have an excellent relationship with the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme and offer teaching as well as core and specialist placements.

Main duties of the job include:

• To provide a specialised clinical psychology service to clients of the sector, providing specialised psychological assessment and therapy to clients.
• To work autonomously in accordance with The British Psychological Society Code of Conduct, Ethical Principles and Guidelines 2004, and Health and Care Professions Council.
• To exercise delegated responsibility for the management and supervision of assistant psychologists and the workload of trainees, within the framework of the team/service policies and procedures.
• To contribute to the development of local team policies and procedures in order to facilitate improvement in service quality.
• To advise service and professional management on aspects of the service related to the team where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
• To provide professional and clinical supervision for designated staff, as appropriate.
• To provide clinical placements and supervision for Doctoral level trainee clinical psychologists and to deliver training to other professionals.
• To utilise specialised research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research.
• To act as a panel member in the recruitment of designated staff, as appropriate.

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

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales.

Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework. Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the 'Disability Confident Employer' scheme.

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

Person specification qualifications and/or knowledge essential criteria:

• Good honours Degree in Psychology.
• Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered status.
• Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or for those trained overseas), as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
• Clinical supervision training for Doctoral Trainees.
• 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.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management.

Desirable criteria:

• Post-doctoral training courses in specific areas of clinical psychology.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses and people with additional disabilities).

Experience essential criteria:

• Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills.
• 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 specialised psychological assessment and treatment of a range of clients across a wide range of care settings.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care, with experience of co-ordinating care within the context of multi-disciplinary care-planning.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.