Job summary
- Main area
- Health Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 050-PST032-0325
- Employer
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Abergele Hospital
- Town
- Abergele
- Salary
- £75,405 - £86,885 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Pain Management
Band 8c
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.
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.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.
Job overview
North Wales is a wonderful place to live with its’ natural beauty. An exciting opportunity to specialise in the field of Pain Management Psychology has arisen for a Consultant Clinical Psychologist within the Central Persistent Pain Service at Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board (BCUHB) and will be directly accountable to the BCUHB Head of Health Psychology. This post will be based at Abergele Hospital.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
As well as providing psychological leadership within the service the post holder will be required to undertake clinical work within the Pain Management Service (BCUHB Central), working directly and indirectly with patients, families and staff members. Service development, audit and evaluation will be key aspects of the role, which will include working to develop the Clinical Psychology provision within the Pain Management Service (BCUHB Central). The role will additionally involve being responsible for the governance of the developing BCUHB Central Pain Management Psychology Service. It will additionally involve being responsible for the governance within the service and becoming the professional and line manager for more junior clinical psychologists. Supervision and support of non-clinical staff and trainees within the service will also be required.
Working for our organisation
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.
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.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will also be a member of the BCUHB Health Clinical Psychology Department, which is a supportive, friendly and growing department of Clinical Psychologists and Psychotherapists working in physical health services across BCUHB and has strong links with the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme. The post provides the ideal opportunity to take a lead role in shaping the development of Pain Management Psychology within Central North Wales. There will also be opportunities to professionally network locally and nationally in relevant areas, and to be involved in our local Universities and Health Board research opportunities.
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 and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good Honours degree in Psychology. Eligibility for BPS Chartered status.
- Registration with HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Clinical supervision training for supervising Doctoral trainees
- Attendance at formal management and health leadership training programmes
- Doctoral level advanced specialist knowledge of clinical psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies and their application, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment and interpretation, research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within clinical psychology
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Advanced training in research design and methodology
- Record of publications in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist, including substantial supervised post-qualification expertise and experience within the Health Clinical Psychology
- Sufficient experience to demonstrate a level of competence to satisfy the assessment requirements of up to two BPS/DoH National Assessors in Clinical Psychology for entrance into Consultant Grade
- Additional specialist supervised training, research or study, specialist courses and clinical supervision in the Health Clinical Psychology
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to use highest level of interpersonal and communication skills, requiring empathy and reassurance, to convey and receive highly complex/sensitive information effectively in a highly emotive atmosphere, and ability to overcome psychological resistance to potentially threatening information, whilst maintaining high degree of professionalism at all times
- Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships
- Ability to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary settings
- Ability to prepare and present clinical and academic material for lecturing/training purposes
- Ability to make clinical and service-related judgements involving highly complex facts requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of several options
- Ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex clinical or service-related activities and programmes, some of which may be long-term
- Ability to manage Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, and provide leadership within [clinical service area] Clinical Psychology Service
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh
Values
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate a range of qualities essential to the role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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 Sarah Bailey-Rogers
- Job title
- Head of Health Clinical Psychology Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929 762 353
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