B7/8a Clinical Psychologist (West) in Wales

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.

The organisation is currently undertaking a comprehensive operating model review and change programme to ensure we are best positioned for the future, creating exciting opportunities to shape how we work and deliver for the people of North Wales. 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. We also offer a number of family-friendly benefits, including work-life balance policies.

Job overview: This is a very exciting opportunity to help make a real difference to increasing access to Adult Mental Health (AMH) Clinical Psychology and Psychological services in North Wales. The post holder will join our Stepped Care Initiative within AMH Clinical Psychology & Psychological services across BCUHB, with excellent clinical and research links with the School of Psychology and the DClinPsych Department at the University of Wales, Bangor. The post holder will also benefit from BCUHB wide links across North Wales within the BCUHB AMH Clinical Psychology & Psychological Services, with opportunity for research and clinical networking both North Wales and All Wales wide. They will be well supported, mentored, and managed with the opportunity for ongoing peer support, supervision, and further training and advancement.

Main duties of the job: AMH Clinical Psychology & Psychological Services are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced 8a (Band 7 development post possible) Clinical Psychologist, to be based in the West region. This is a permanent post, and the post holder will work within Stepped Care. The post holder will be expected to integrate well and co-work with their colleagues, providing specialist psychological knowledge and expertise to the team. As well as providing direct clinical input to clients, this will also involve working through others by training, supervision, and formulation work. It will also involve attendance at clinical MDT meetings, referral meetings (SPOA), and CMHT business meetings, and strategic and clinical leadership.

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

Qualifications: Good Honours degree in Psychology. Eligibility for Chartered status with the BPS. Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS. Or equivalent which gives Practitioner Psychologist Status with the HCPC.

Aptitude and Abilities: Ability to use highest level of interpersonal and communication skills to convey and receive highly complex/sensitive information effectively, requiring empathy and reassurance, in a highly emotive atmosphere and the ability to overcome psychological resistance to potentially threatening information, whilst maintaining high degree of professionalism at all times.

Experience: Additional appropriate experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist. This will usually include significant post-qualification experience in the specialty. Additional specialist supervised training or experience for more than 50 hours including case presentations, group supervision and short courses. Additional experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist in Adult Services.

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.

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.