Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Employer type NHS Site University Hospital Llandough Town Llandough Salary £59,857 - £69,553 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/05/2024 23:59
Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist - Neuropsychology
Band 8b
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Board in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health
and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic
objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in
the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the
next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
* We are kind and caring
* We are respectful
* We have trust and integrity
* We take personal responsibility
As an organisation we strongly believe that it is vital our leaders exhibit the behaviours and values that we expect from all our staff.
We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, and together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will hopefully unlock the cures for today’s illnesses
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
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a part-time Band 8b Psychologist to join us as a senior practitioner delivering clinical neuropsychological services to people with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) and complex brain injury, who are receiving care under specialist rehabilitation services at University Hospital Llandough
This post is supported by a supportive multi-disciplinary team, a team of clinical/ neuropsychologists, and the wider Health Psychology Specialty. The role requires delivering on all aspects of the service, which includes direct work with individuals, working with families, supporting the multi-disciplinary team and offering consultation, reflective practice and supervision.
There is access to a wealth of supervision within our supportive neuropsychology department. The post holder will be able to develop specialist skills with supervision from a Consultant Neuropsychologist. We have strong teaching and research links with Cardiff University, and research interests are encouraged.
We are looking for an applicant with interests in neuro-rehabilitation, acquired brain injury and PDOC. This post would appeal to an enthusiastic practitioner who holds patient care at the centre of their work.
Main duties of the job
* To provide a specialised psychology service to adults with PDOC/complex brain injury and their families/carers.
* The post holder will provide highly specialised assessments and interventions for patients and their families.
* The post holder will play a key role in providing a specialised neuropsychology service to the Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit, part of the Llandough Centre for Specialised Neuro and Spinal Rehabilitation.
* The post-holder will offer advice and consultation on psychological care to the multi-disciplinary team and wider, working within national and professional guidelines and departmental procedures.
* The post-holder will be required to supervise more junior members of the team and manage the clinical governance and development agenda as a service.
* The post-holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within UHB guidance.
* This role will include design of services including highly complex psychological assessments, formulation and treatment on an individual and group basis, multi-disciplinary work, consultancy, liaison, research, teaching, and supervision of others.
* The post-holder is required to work autonomously planning and organising their own clinical work and other duties/responsibilities.
* To offer supervision and teaching to doctoral trainee clinical psychologists as a lead supervisor.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”,and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English 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
Qualifications
* Good Honours Degree in Psychology
* DClinPsy
* HCPC registered
* Post-doc training in one or more areas of psychological practice
* Completing or have completed QiCN
* Peer reviewed publications, presentations at conferences, or similar
Experience
* Substantial post-qualification experience including working with neurological populations
* Experience of neuropsychological problems - full range of clinical severity across care settings
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological care in MDT
* Experience of teaching/training - professional and clinical supervision
* Evidence of significant specialist clinical supervision within scientist-practitioner framework
* Experience of working with service users as co-producers
Skills
* Use of highly complex methods of neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management
* Highest level of interpersonal and communication skills
* Able to take responsibility for managing and providing a specialist service
* Skills in consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
* Ability to make clinical and service-related judgements involving complex facts
* Ability to critically evaluate research evidence relating to clinical effectiveness and service development
* Ability to plan and organise a range of clinical or service-related activities and programmes
* Ability to implement agreed policies and strategic long-term service developments
Special Knowledge
* Formal training and supervision of other psychologists
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology
* Significant post-qualification CPD as recommended by HCPC and BPS
* Ability to identify and provide support to carers and staff
* Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic presentations
* Knowledge of relevant legislation
* Well developed specialist knowledge of neuropsychological and psychology theory and practice - and application of specialised therapies within neurological conditions
* Specialist knowledge of neuropsychological test construction, development, validation, administration and clinical interpretation of the results
* Awareness of ethnic diversity issues
Personal Qualities
* Respect for users of services and their carers
* Willingness to supervise trainee clinical psychologists and qualified psychologists working in similar settings
* Commitment to and interest in working with people who have or have had a brain tumour
* Commitment to working collaboratively with people with brain tumours and their families to develop and improve services
* Willingness to work as part of a team
* Ability to work independently
* Ability to make effective use of clinical consultation and appraisal
* Willingness to participate in CPD
Other
* Requirement to undertake frequent exposure to emotionally distressing and traumatic situations
* Ability to travel between work sites in a timely manner
* Formal training in assessment
* Formal training in breakaway techniques
* Must be capable of working within organisational policies and be accountable for own professionalism
* Ability to speak Welsh and willing to use in a work context
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status.We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Dr Jess Quirke Job title Consultant Neuropsychologist Email address jessica.quirke@wales.nhs.uk Telephone number 02921 827658 Additional information
Interested applicants can also contact the PDOC service Lead:
Georgina Jones
02921 827644
#J-18808-Ljbffr