We would like to welcome an experienced Clinical Psychologist into our Older Adult Mental Health Service who can demonstrate the following:
Key Responsibilities:
1. Compassion whilst working with and supporting the rights and equalities of older people experiencing mental health difficulties in later life.
2. Expertise to help us shape the way we transform and deliver specialist mental health care pathways for our aging population.
3. Added value in our efforts to develop, support and upskill our workforce in psychologically informed practice in the face of a changing population demographic.
4. Oversee and coordinate the provision of high quality, highly specialist, psychological services to service users in the older adult mental health service (geographically dispersed community & inpatient).
5. Clinical, professional & managerial governance responsibility for psychological practitioners.
6. Lead role assessing, developing and implementing psychological interventions: including specialist psychological assessment; formulation; intervention; evaluation; consultation and teaching.
7. Deliver highly specialist clinical supervision to other psychologists, psychological therapy practitioners and non-psychology staff; identifying and addressing learning & training needs.
8. Work autonomously (within professional guidelines, policy & procedures) and exercise responsibility for systematic governance of psychological practice within service.
9. Assist the Head of Service and Consultant Psychologist with the design, implementation and coordination of service delivery and improvement projects across the service.
10. Expertise and skills (direct application in the older adult population or transferrable) in a range of psychotherapeutic modalities as well as applied clinical risk management, including clinical experience of suicide prevention, risk management, care and treatment pathways, aligning with service delivery priorities.
About Hywel Dda University Health Board:
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.
Community Facilities:
1. Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.
2. Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
3. Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).
4. Community facilities, including: 48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.
5. Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Language Requirement:
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. 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.
Interviews will be held on 11/04/2025.
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