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Job overview

We are delighted to present the exciting career opportunity of a permanent full-time Band 8a/Annex 21( see below) post in Adult Mental Health to Doctoral level Psychologists covering Carmarthenshire, South West Wales.

In line with the Welsh Matrics (2017), the successful candidate would provide bespoke, specialist and creative psychological interventions to individuals, based on the development of a complex, multi-theoretical formulation that encompasses historical, developmental, systemic and neuropsychological processes. 

In addition, the successful candidate will be the senior resource for the geographical area.

This will be an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified psychologist looking for career development.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide a psychology service to clients within the service, across all sectors of care; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy as well as specialised cognitive assessments of functioning.

2. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.

3. To act as a Specialist Resource, as the Senior Psychologist within the geographic district, providing advice and guidance on assessment, treatment and referrals to psychiatrists, CPN team managers and other agencies and settings.

4. To act as a Specialist Resource, within the geographic area, as a point of contact, advice and guidance for other psychological service staff i.e. band 7 psychologists or therapists and assistant psychologists etc. 

5. To undertaking any routine line management duties as delegated by the UHB AMH Consultant Clinical Psychologist 

6. To provide supervision to qualified psychologists, trainee psychologists, 
assistants/graduate psychologists and non-psychologist colleagues.

7. To offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and carers.

8. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.