Job overview
Are you keen to be part of developing innovative practice and service delivery? We need a clinical psychologist who can make an effective contribution to our East Child Health Psychology (CHP) team. You will join a highly valued team, based at Wrexham Maelor Hospital who provide a comprehensive psychological service to children, young people and their families with a range of health conditions. We are part of a larger CHP service, with additional teams based in Central and West areas of BCUHB.
You will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, therapeutic intervention and consultation across child health psychology, working closely with consultant paediatricians, specialist nurses, and other medical MDT colleagues.
Working alongside the consultant clinical psychologist, you will be a strong leader who can use the evidence base to inform clinical practice, provide supervision and enable the service to develop.
We have an established network of child clinical psychologists in East IHC, and regularly connect with colleagues across North Wales. We benefit from having a regional assistant psychologist dedicated to research who can provide support for your research interests. We have excellent links with the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme; we provide placements and regular teaching, as well as accessing CPD. This post can provide excellent clinical and leadership development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
To provide a highly specialised clinical psychology service to clients of the sector, providing specialised psychological assessment and therapy to clients.
Within the team, to hold designated responsibility for the systematic governance of sector staff’s psychological practice, in order to ensure the delivery of high quality clinical psychology services within the framework of the team/service policies and procedures.
Within the team, to exercise delegated responsibility for the management and supervision of designated staff up to and including Senior level, including staff appraisal/PADR, and informal grievance.
To contribute to the development of local team policies and procedures in order to facilitate improvements in service quality.
To advise service and professional management on aspects of the service related to the team where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
To provide clinical placements and supervision for Doctoral level trainee clinical psychologists and to deliver training to other professionals.
To utilise highly specialised research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research.
To act as a panel member in the recruitment of designated staff, as appropriate.
To assist the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, in conjunction with other senior staff, in the efficient day-to-day management of the service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around ,, across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.