Principal Psychological Therapist and Trainer
Band 8a
Main area: Children’s Services Psychological Therapies Training Team
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref: 050-PST181-1224
Site: Bangor University with remote working from base/home
Town: Bangor
Salary: £54,550 - £61,412 per annum (pro rata if part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
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 700,000 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.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.
Job overview
Are you enthusiastic about improving care for children and young people through the delivery of evidence-driven psychological therapies? Do you enjoy working with colleagues and teams to support the development of skills through the delivery of training and supervision? Are you accredited in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)?
One new part-time post is available, for 0.4 WTE i.e. two days a week. Successful candidates will be accredited in CBT and will join three part-time clinicians delivering accredited training and supervision across the workforce, with plans for further expansion in the future. There are strong links with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme, and the Bangor University PG Dip Cert/Dip courses. There is also commitment to increasing access to adapted psychological therapies for children and young people with developmental and learning disabilities. Opportunities to engage in research will be encouraged.
Main duties of the job
* Responsible for delivery of university level accredited training in evidence-based psychological therapies to staff from multiple professions across the Health Board.
* To work autonomously in accordance with The British Psychological Society Code of Conduct, Ethical Principles & Guidelines 2004 and guidelines from the relevant professional body specific to the practitioner (e.g. BABCP).
* To deliver a highly specialised service to clients of the sector, providing specialised psychological assessment and therapy relevant to the training role, to one or two clients, in order to maintain accreditation.
* To hold designated responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice, in order to ensure the delivery of high-quality services.
* 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 policies and procedures in the Team in order to facilitate improvements in service quality.
* To provide clinical supervision for trainee practitioners and support staff to make informed clinical judgements in complex clinical situations.
* To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research.
* To assist the Head of Child Psychology and Psychological Therapies in the delivery of services for children and young people in order to improve quality and outcomes.
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 700,000 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 and/or Knowledge
* Accredited therapeutic training in specific modality relevant to advertised role i.e. CBT for clients with significant psychological difficulties or training to Doctoral level equivalent through: a qualification in a core mental health profession appropriate therapeutic training in specific modality in working with clients with significant psychological difficulties.
* Doctoral level equivalent knowledge of psychological therapy.
* Eligible for appropriate professional registration.
* Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management.
* Accredited training in one other additional evidence-based psychological therapy.
* Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of health and social care.
* Training in supervision and / or training at a recognised accredited level.
* Accredited training at Doctoral level in a relevant profession, or working towards such training.
Experience
* Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills.
* Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified practitioner, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills or Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified practitioner at a senior level, including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills.
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings.
* Experience of working with client groups across an increasing range of clinical severity.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care, with experience of co-ordinating care within the context of multi-disciplinary care-planning.
* Experience of providing teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
* Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.
* Experience of professional management of qualified practitioners and other staff.
Aptitude and Abilities
* Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the appropriate professional body.
* Skills in critically evaluating research literature and carrying out audit and service evaluation.
* Well-developed skills in the supervision of other staff, including trainee practitioners.
* Well-developed skills in effectively communicating very complex, technical and clinically sensitive information, both orally and in writing, to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
* Capable of maintaining a high degree of professionalism and safe clinical practice in the face of exposure to emotive material and challenging behaviour.
* The ability to identify and provide appropriate means of support to line-managed staff who deal with distressing situations, challenging behaviours and other stressors.
* The ability to use a variety of complex multi-media materials for teaching and training.
* Capable of effective workload management.
* The ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of multidisciplinary colleagues.
* Basic IT skills.
* Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
* Doctoral level or doctoral level equivalent knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology.
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
* Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.
* Recognised qualification in supervision.
* Welsh speaking.
* Advanced IT skills.
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.
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