Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist Learning Disabilities
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Monday - Friday
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 100-PST024-0624
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Llanion House Pembs or Penlan Carmarthen
- Town
- Pembroke Dock or Carmarthen
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum (pro rata if part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 25/07/2024
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist Learning Disabilities
Band 7
Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
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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.
Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.
Job overview
We have an exciting development in West Wales.
We are looking for two individuals to work in our Learning Disabilities Service at band 7. One post holder will be based at Llanion House in Pembroke Dock, and the other will be based at 1 Penlan Road in Carmarthen.
We have a team of people with learning disabilities who co-chair our Regional Partnership Group and help to lead our services. They have developed a Charter which highlights their rights and which Organisations and staff groups can sign up to. Hywel Dda University Health Board have signed up to this charter https://www.ldcharter.com
The Psychology & Behaviour Service believes in putting people with learning disabilities at the centre of everything we do. We strongly believe in Human Rights and advocating for people with a learning disability. Without Psychologists how will people with a learning disability be able to participate and speak up?
Main duties of the job
To provide a qualified specialist psychology service to clients of the locality across all sectors of care.
To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy to clients and their families, and to offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to colleagues within the team and to those within relevant outside agencies.
To provide input into specialist services if required.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of Learning Disabilities policies and procedures. This will involve being clinically responsible for complex therapeutic and risk management work with clients.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the locality team.
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;
47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 25.07.2024
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Good working knowledge and application of Psychometrics and cognitive assessments, appropriate administration and limitations.
- Knowledge and experience of the application of psychology across the developmental lifespan and experience of working in core specialties of adult mental health, child and adolescent, older adults and learning disabilities demonstrating knowledge of cognition, behavioural psychology and other models and approaches.
- Knowledge of models of psychology including cognition, behavioural psychology and systemic approaches
- Doctoral knowledge of research
Desirable criteria
- Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment incorporating psychometrics and cognitive assessment
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Language Skills
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 Anwen Harry
- Job title
- Counselling Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01267 244410
- Additional information
Or contact Dr Karin Lewis - [email protected] or telephone - 01437772829
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