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We are excited to offer an innovative post for an applied (Clinical or Counselling) Psychologist to work into our Young Onset Dementia and Memory Team services.  The post is 0.8 WTE.  It is an 8a post and we are in the position to recruit someone who already has the competence and experience relevant to an 8a position, or someone who meets the qualification, training and competence for a band 7 applied psychology 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, competencies and development to support you in the post.

You will be joining a well established and highly motivated Older Adult Speciality for psychology services, working closely with other practitioner psychologists. The Older Adult speciality provides services into a number of physical and mental health settings, including Mental Health Services for Older People, and Medical Rehabilitation. The Speciality is part of a large and progressive Health Board wide Directorate of Psychology and Psychological Therapies. We encourage and support continued professional development and offer excellent opportunities for professional development, consultation and supervision

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The successful post-holder will help to provide a practitioner psychology service to the Young Onset Dementia team and to the community Memory Team service for Cardiff and the Vale.   This post contributes to all parts of the dementia pathway and includes the provision of neuropsychological assessments for people presenting to the Memory Team with concerns about their cognition, through to post diagnostic psychological therapy and supporting care partners.  Working collaboratively and closely with your MDT colleagues, as well as with people living with dementia and their care partners.  The post holder will join a welcoming, innovative and enthusiastic group of psychology practitioners in the service.  Value is placed on reflective practice and learning from one another and good links exist with the local DClinPsy training course.  You will  be encouraged and supported to join the local and national networks of psychology practitioners working with older people as well as dementia networks.  A range of psychological models are valued and welcomed and we have practitioners with interests and expertise in both CBT and third wave approaches and in Narrative Therapy and Open Dialogue.  In addition to direct clinical work, there will be opportunities for staff and MDT consultation and supervision, innovation, service/systems improvement work, staff skills training, research and audit and team formulations, with the support of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist. 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a’r Fro yw un o’r Byrddau Iechyd Integredig mwyaf yn y DU, yn cyflogi dros 17,000 o staff ac yn darparu dros 100 o wasanaethau arbenigol. Mae gennym amrywiaeth o yrfaoedd i’w cynnig ar draws 6 safle ysbyty. Gan wasanaethu dros 500,000 o bobl sy’n byw yng Nghaerdydd a’r Fro, ein ffocws yw anghenion iechyd a gofal ein poblogaeth leol a gwaith partneriaeth i ddatblygu gwasanaethau rhanbarthol. Ar y cyd, rydym yn ymrwymedig i wella canlyniadau iechyd i bawb a darparu gofal a chefnogaeth ragorol.

 Ein cenhadaeth yw “Byw’n Dda, Gofalu’n Dda, Gweithio Gyda’n Gilydd”, a’n gweledigaeth yw y dylai siawns pob unigolyn o fyw bywyd iach fod yn gyfartal. Ein strategaeth trawsnewid a gwella 10 mlynedd, Llunio ein Llesiant i’r Dyfodol, yw ein cyfle i gydweithio â’r cyhoedd a’n gweithlu i sicrhau bod ein bwrdd iechyd yn fwy cynaliadwy ar gyfer y dyfodol