Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology/Neuropsychology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 001-PST066-0824
- Employer
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Llandough
- Town
- Llandough
- Salary
- £51,706 - £58,210 per annum, pro rota (0.4fte)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/09/2024 23:59
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Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist
Band 8a
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Board in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health
and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic
objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in
the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the
next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
- We are kind and caring
- We are respectful
- We have trust and integrity
- We take personal responsibility
As an organisation we strongly believe that it is vital our leaders exhibit the behaviours and values that we expect from all our staff.
We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, and together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will hopefully unlock the cures for today’s illnesses
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a part-time Band 8a Psychologist to join us in delivering clinical neuropsychological services to people with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) and complex brain injury, who are receiving care under specialist rehabilitation services at University Hospital Llandough. This is a newly-funded, permanent post, which forms part of the expanding service provided to patients with complex brain injuries.
This post is supported by a supportive multi-disciplinary team, a team of clinical/ neuropsychologists, and the wider Health Psychology Specialty. The role requires delivering on all aspects of the service, which includes direct work with individuals, working with families, supporting the multi-disciplinary team and offering consultation, reflective practice and supervision.
There is access to a wealth of supervision within our supportive neuropsychology department. The post holder will be able to develop specialist skills with supervision from a Consultant Neuropsychologist. We have strong teaching and research links with Cardiff University, and research interests are encouraged.
We are looking for an applicant with interests in neuro-rehabilitation, acquired brain injury and PDOC. This post would appeal to an enthusiastic practitioner who holds patient care at the centre of their work.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a specialised psychology service to adults with PDOC/complex brain injury and their families/carers.
- The post holder will provide specialised assessments and interventions for patients and their families.
- The post holder will play a key role in providing a specialised neuropsychology service to the Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit, part of the Llandough Centre for Specialised Neuro and Spinal Rehabilitation, as well as outreach to other acute hospitals across the region.
- The post-holder will offer advice and consultation on psychological care to the multi-disciplinary team and wider, working within national and professional guidelines and departmental procedures
- The post-holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within UHB guidance.
- This role will include design of services including complex psychological assessments, formulation and treatment on an individual and group basis, multi-disciplinary work, consultancy, liaison, research, teaching, and supervision of others.
- The post-holder is required to work autonomously planning and organising their own clinical work and other duties/responsibilities.
- To offer supervision and teaching to doctoral trainee clinical psychologists as a lead supervisor.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS.
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.
Desirable criteria
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant and demonstrable post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist.
- Experience of working with neuropsychological and associated problems presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience of teaching/training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Demonstrable evidence of significant specialist clinical supervision within a scientist-practitioner framework
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in both community and in-patient settings.
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary context
- Experience of NHS planning/service improvement forums
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management,
- Ability to use the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills to convey and receive highly complex/sensitive information
- Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to evaluate critically research evidence relating to clinical effectiveness and service development
- Ability to plan and organise a range of clinical or service-related activities and programmes.
- Ability to implement agreed policies and strategic long-term service developments.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific groups that are difficult to treat
- High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialist psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to client group and mental health.
- Ability to speak Welsh and a willingness to use this in the context of work where relevant.
Special Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of Clinical Psychology in relation to neurological medical problems.
- Evidence of post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS.
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
Desirable criteria
- Well-developed specialist knowledge of psychological models and therapies related to the needs of people with neurological conditions.
- Specialist knowledge of neuropsychological test construction, development, validation, administration and clinical interpretation of the results.
- Awareness of ethnic diversity issues.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to make effective use of clinical consultation and appraisal.
- Commitment to and interest in working with people who have neurological conditions.
- Ability to work independently.
- Organised and flexible, able to prioritise workload.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Jess Quirke
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02921 827658
- Additional information
Georgina Jones
Occupational Therapist and PDOC service lead
02921 827644
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