Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic practitioner psychologist to lead and further develop a high quality, responsive and accessible Rehabilitation and Recovery (R&R) psychology service within Swansea Bay University Healthboard, which includes low secure, locked rehabilitation, peri natal inpatient and community services
The post holder will be welcomed into the broader Swansea Bay Mental Health and Learning Disability (MHLD) psychology department, and will be expected to play an active role in collaborating with other psychologists on joint projects and initiatives. The postholder will join a Consultant Lead Psychology team within our Secure Services and Recovery (SSR) Division, with access to regular peer supervision CPD, reflective practice and service development work as well as having an ongoing programme of clinical and professional development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will professionally lead a team of psychologists, ensuring that appropriate management structures and good clinical governance for the team is in place. They will support the Professional Lead for MHLD Psychology with recruitment to any additional, funded posts within the service area. Additionally, they will undertake direct and indirect clinical work, offering a range of psychological interventions to patients, their families and networks. They will work with the multidisciplinary ensuring that service plans, developments and pathways are psychologically informed.
The lead psychologist will ensure systems are in place for reviewing and evaluating the service, and for ensuring good clinical governance across psychology. They will help to ensure other psychologists and psychological therapists have appropriate support and supervision in place and are enabled to develop their professional competencies and careers.
The service and staff have excellent links with SBU psychology department. There are also good links to Swansea and Cardiff universities with opportunities for hosting MSc students and DClinPsy trainees.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want 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 or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our 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.
Detailed job description and main 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.
Person specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Registration with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
2. 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
Desirable criteria
3. Record of publications in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Ability to manage Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, and provide leadership within the defined Psychology Service
5. Sufficient experience to demonstrate a level of competence to satisfy the assessment requirements of two BPS/DoH National Assessors in Psychology for entrance into Consultant Grade
Desirable criteria
6. Formal leadership development training Experience of Committee work /special interest
Aptitude and abilities
Essential criteria
7. 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.
8. Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary settings
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
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