We are delighted to be advertising the role of Professional Lead at this exciting time of service development. We are looking for an enthusiastic consultant psychologist with experience of professional leadership and professional management of psychologists and psychological therapists. The postholder will act as the senior professional advisor to the Health Board on professional issues, practice and workforce development and work closely with general managers who operationally manage psychology teams within integrated services.
The role is Health Board wide. It is hosted within Mental Health and Learnings Disabilities Directorate with direct management support from the Clinical Director of MH& LD as well as direct professional support from the Health Board Executive Director of Therapies & Health Science.
There will be opportunities for professional development particularly with the transformation agenda and partnership working. Excellent support will be provided for the role.
West Wales is an area of outstanding beauty that combines extensive areas of coastal path and beaches with rolling hills, towns and villages enabling work life balance.
Main duties of the job
Be the professional lead for all Practitioner Psychologists and Psychological Therapists, acting as the primary source of advice to the Health Board and senior managers on the strategic direction for Practitioner Psychologists and Psychological Therapists, the development of their services and service structures, and the effective use of the Practitioner Psychologist resource. The post holder will ensure sound governance systems for the delivery of services by all Practitioner Psychologists and Psychological Therapists and their support staff and advise service managers on policy development and priority areas for Practitioner Psychology and Psychological Therapy service development. They will lead on research and audit activities for Practitioner Psychologists.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
If successfully shortlisted you will be asked to complete psychometric assessments. Information regarding these and the stakeholder panels/interview will be sent to you following completion of shortlisting.
Stakeholder panels will be held on 05/03/2025. Interviews will be held on 06/03/2025.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
* Registration with the HCPC.
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology at Doctoral level or its equivalent pre 1996 as accredited by the BPS/HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
* Formal supervisor training and accreditation.
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Desirable
* Specialist Psychotherapy qualifications recognised by UKCP, BABCP or BPC.
Experience
Essential
* Assessed experience of working as a Clinical or Counselling Psychology at Doctoral level or its equivalent pre 1996 qualified for a minimum of six years.
* Experience of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in patient and residential care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
* Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
Desirable
* Experience of professional management of CBT therapists and psychotherapists.
* Experience of representing the profession in local policy fora.
* Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Circumstances
Essential
* Able to travel both within the health Board, and attend national meetings.
* Able to work flexible hours.
Employer details
Employer name
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Address
Health Board Wide
Health Board Wide
SA61 2PZ
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