Overview
Leadership of the psychological aspects of the service including service design, governance structures, pathway construction and delivery. Innovation, with partners, to provide alternative approaches to traditional NHS work is a key element. Act as an expert advisor on the psychology of critical care environments within the UHB and to wider groups e.g. national groups and service commissioners.
Responsibilities
* Professional and line management of staff delivering psychological services.
* Training and education.
* Specific clinical input for patients and families who experience critical care including direct work, consultation to others, and supervision of those using psychological approaches.
* Designing and delivering an internal to critical care Staff Well-Being Service including 1:1 work and wider initiatives to train and support staff. There is a role in the monitoring and improving the organisational health of the unit working.
* Service development and improvement aspect to this role with opportunities for research and audit. Demonstrating value via innovative methods is crucial to the role.
* Lead the fast-paced delivery and development of psychology within specialised medical critical care services. Design and delivery of direct clinical approaches for patients and families; an internal staff well-being service; plus organisational health monitoring and improvement. The work is highly collaborative - working with professional colleagues and managers within the UHB.
* Join Aneurin Bevan UHB at an exciting time with growing Adult Clinical Health Psychology Specialty and opportunities to develop professional, leadership, supervisory and clinical skills via CPD opportunities.
* The post is part-time at 18.75 hours per week.
Qualifications and Requirements
* The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
* Essential: Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent), HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist, and eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status with the BPS.
* Extensive and substantial knowledge and experience of applying psychology in complex medical settings is essential.
About the Employer and Benefits
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. The health board serves a population of 650,000 and employs over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high-quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
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