Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced Practitioner Psychologist to apply for a Lead Consultant (Band 8c) role to provide psychological leadership plus expert professional and clinical services to Aneurin Bevan UHB's Adult Critical Care Services. The post-holder will lead a small team of psychologists in Critical Care and work with Critical Care Management Teams on the psychological aspects of Critical Care environments.
We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and experienced Practitioner Psychologist who can lead the fast-paced delivery and development of psychology within specialised medical critical care services. This post requires 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.
This is an exciting time to join Aneurin Bevan UHB. The UHB has supported the development of psychological expertise in medical settings. There is a growing Adult Clinical Health Psychology Specialty. There is also an active professional network and you would be able to develop your professional, leadership, supervisory and clinical skills via CPD opportunities.
The post is part-time at 18.75 hours per week.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
* 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.
* 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.
* Essential: Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or equivalent), HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist, eligible for Chartered Psychologist status with the BPS.
* Extensive and substantial knowledge and experience of applying psychology in complex medical settings is essential.
Qualifications
* Professional qualification in a relevant Practitioner Psychology field at doctoral level (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
* Current HCPC registration
* Well-developed specialist knowledge and skills across a range of applied psychology areas
Desirable criteria
* Post-doctoral training in additional specialised areas of psychological practice
* Training or experience in supervision of other psychologists
* Highly specialist knowledge and skills in at least two models of therapeutic intervention relevant for working in physical health
Specialist experience
* Ability to transfer clinical skills into a critical care environment
Experience
* Substantial experience of working as a qualified psychologist in a physical health setting
* Experience of collaborating in multi-professional clinical teams and leading multi-professional teams in clinical work and service development
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological care and treatment within multidisciplinary care/treatment plans
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working in a mental health setting and within a multicultural framework
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Part-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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