Job summary
- Main area
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 7/8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 040-PST042-0624-A
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Park Road Wellbeing Centre
- Town
- Pontypool
- Salary
- £44,398 - £58,210 Dual banding - 7/8a - (dependent on experience)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Practitioner Psychologist
Band 7/8a
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
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
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Practitioner Psychologist (Counselling or Clinical) to join the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service within the Adult Mental Health Specialty in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will support the continued development and provision of specialist psychological services to mothers experiencing significant mental health difficulties and their families in ABUHB. We are looking for a dynamic and inspiring psychologist who can not only deliver high quality assessments, formulations and interventions but can help others do the same.
The post is advertised as Band 8a but we would also invite newly qualified applicants to apply and start the role on Band 7. This would be with a clear plan of development to progress to Band 8a and you would be provided with all the experiences and supervision required to achieve this.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate would be joining a friendly and welcoming multidisciplinary Perinatal Team as well as a cohesive Psychology specialty with a commitment to personal and professional development and a robust sense of professional identity. We have strong interests and highly specialist skills in a range of psychological therapies including CBT, DBT, VIG, EMDR and Couple Therapy and welcome applications from individuals who are keen to further develop their clinical expertise and their team working skills.
This is an exciting time to join a growing team and developing specialty. There will be many opportunities for training and service development on a local and national level in the field of perinatal mental health. In line with mental health division priorities and the national perinatal strategy we are finding innovative ways to improve access to psychological therapies for all families within the perinatal period and also taking a strategic approach to developing trauma informed services.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
This position is part time 22.5 hours (0.6 WTE) with the option of flexible working.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to advert for full information contained within the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Graduate basis for registration
- Doctorate in Councelling or Clinical Psychology
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate research degree
- Accreditation in a model of therapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Training across the lifespan
- Begun to develop an area of specialist interest or clinical expertise
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service development
- Experience relevant to perinatal mental health
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
- Rebecca Tucker
- Job title
- Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01495 363475
- Additional information
Ceinwen Parry, Team Manager
Telephone 01495363475 / Email [email protected]
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