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Job Summary
There is an exciting opportunity for someone to join and lead the Welsh Centre for Burns & Plastics psychology team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced psychologist to join our team of 3 other practitioner psychologists and an Assistant Psychologist. The post holder will lead the team, providing professional leadership and support to the psychologists working in adult and paediatric plastic surgery psychology, and will lead the Burns psychology service. The Burns unit is part of the South West Burns Clinical Network and the Welsh Centre in Morrison works with patients across the lifespan, with the most severely injured adult patients from across the network being cared for here, and the most severely injured children being cared for initially in Bristol. The Burns and Plastics Psychology team work across both inpatient and outpatient settings, including Intensive Care for adult burns patients.
Job Summary
There is an exciting opportunity for someone to join and lead the Welsh Centre for Burns & Plastics psychology team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced psychologist to join our team of 3 other practitioner psychologists and an Assistant Psychologist. The post holder will lead the team, providing professional leadership and support to the psychologists working in adult and paediatric plastic surgery psychology, and will lead the Burns psychology service. The Burns unit is part of the South West Burns Clinical Network and the Welsh Centre in Morrison works with patients across the lifespan, with the most severely injured adult patients from across the network being cared for here, and the most severely injured children being cared for initially in Bristol. The Burns and Plastics Psychology team work across both inpatient and outpatient settings, including Intensive Care for adult burns patients.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead the psychology team, providing professional line management, clinical supervision and ensuring governance across all aspects of the service. The post holder will have the opportunity to work clinically as part of the Burns Unit, working both directly and indirectly with patients across the lifespan. The psychology service is respected and valued across the MDT, and there are opportunities to work with colleagues through regular clinical MDT consults, goal planning and bespoke work with individual patients. The post holder will support the Burns unit in meeting the National Burns Care Standards, and will be the psychology link for the South West Clinical Network.
The service and staff have excellent links with SBU psychology department, with Child Psychology and with other psychologists working in physical health settings. There are frequent opportunities for networking and for CPD. There are also good links to Swansea and Cardiff universities with opportunities for hosting MSc students and DClinPsy trainees.
About Us
We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.
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Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Details
Date posted
17 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8c
Salary
£75,405 to £86,885 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
130-PST049-0625
Job locations
Morriston Hospital
Heol Maes Eglwys
Morriston
SA6 6NL
Job Description
Job responsibilities
This post is available to practitioner psychologists with appropriate experience and competencies to work at Consultant (8c) level. Please see the attached Job Plan and Person Specification (JP&PS) for more details. The generic JP&PS will be tailored to the specific role and requirements of the service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
This post is available to practitioner psychologists with appropriate experience and competencies to work at Consultant (8c) level. Please see the attached Job Plan and Person Specification (JP&PS) for more details. The generic JP&PS will be tailored to the specific role and requirements of the service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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
Essential
Qualifications & Knowledge
Registration with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
Attendance at several taught post-graduate course and pursuit of supervised self- directed study in specialist field of the defined area. Substantial experience of application of this knowledge
Experience
Essential
Ability to manage Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, and provide leadership within the defined Psychology Service
Appropriate experience of working as a qualified Practitioner Psychologist, including substantial supervised postqualification expertise and experience within the field
Desirable
Formal leadership development training Experience of Committee work /special interest
Aptitude and abilities
Essential
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 to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary settings
Person Specification
Essential
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 to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary settings
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).
Additional information
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
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Address
Morriston Hospital
Heol Maes Eglwys
Morriston
SA6 6NL
Employer's website
https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Address
Morriston Hospital
Heol Maes Eglwys
Morriston
SA6 6NL
Employer's website
https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
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