Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

Are you a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist seeking a leadership role where you can shape and influence specialist adolescent mental health services? This is a rare opportunity to lead the psychological intervention provision for the North Wales Adolescent Service (NWAS). As the Lead Clinical Psychologist, you will head a team of psychologists and therapists while being part of the Senior Clinical Leadership MDT, working alongside consultants in Nursing and Psychiatry. This role offers the chance to lead service development, influence decision-making on complex cases, and work closely with multidisciplinary teams to enhance care for young people aged 12-18 across North Wales and North Powys.

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

Lead responsibility for clinical decisions which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of options

Provide a highly specialised clinical psychology service to clients

Work autonomously in accordance with The BPS Code of Conduct, Ethical Principles and Guidelines 2004 and HCPC

Delegated responsibility from the Head of Child Psychology, for professional leadership, planning, provision and review of BCUHB Child Clinical Psychology Services

Responsibility for professional leadership and management of psychology staff

Be accountable for own professional actions and decisions

In collaboration with the Head of Child Psychology, devise, develop, interpret, and implement discrete policies and service developments, develop psychological therapy provision and ensure clinical governance processes are implemented

Hold highly specialist clinical caseload of clients with complex needs

Provide clinical supervision to multi-disciplinary colleagues

Provide highly specialist advice and consultancy on Child Psychology issues

Ensure provision of child clinical placements for North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme (NWCPP) doctoral trainees and provide supervised placements

Provide teaching and training for multi-disciplinary BCUHB staff and the NWCPP

Utilise highly specialised research skills for audit, policy, service development and research

Responsibility in conjunction with the Head of Child Psychology, for recruitment of clinical psychologists

About us

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.

Job description

Job 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 and/or Knowledge

Essential

• Good Honours degree in Psychology.
• Eligibility for BPS Chartered status.
• Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
• Registration with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Clinical Psychologist.
• Clinical supervision training for supervising Doctoral trainees.
• Attendance at formal management and health leadership training programmes.
• Attendance at several taught post-graduate course and pursuit of supervised self-directed study in specialist field.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC.

Experience

Essential

• Assessed experience of working effectively as a qualified and senior level clinical psychologist in the designated speciality, or relevant transferable skills.
• Demonstrates further specialist training/experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a highly specialist Clinical Psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychology.
• Experience of highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment of a range of clients across a wide range of care settings.
• Extensive experience of working with client groups across an increasing range of clinical severity.
• Extensive experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care, with experience of co-ordinating care within the context of multi-disciplinary care-planning.
• Extensive experience of providing teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of multidisciplinary colleagues and settings.
• Well-developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Ability to prepare and present clinical and academic material for lecturing/training purposes, including the use of a variety of complex multimedia materials.
• 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 formulate, develop and implement policies and strategic long-term service developments within the Child Psychology Service, and with impact beyond the area of activity.
• Ability to professionally manage Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, and provide leadership within the Child Clinical Psychology Service.
• Well-developed skills in the supervision of other staff, including trainee and qualified Clinical Psychologists.
• The ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.

Values

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate a range of qualities essential to the role, eg compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment.
• Ability to work in accordance with the core organisational values.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Address

North Wales Adolescent Service

Llanfair Road

Abergele

LL22 8DP

Employer's website

https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/train-work-live/ (Opens in a new tab)