Practitioner Psychologist Congenital Heart Disease (Clinic or Counsel)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Cardiff & Vale University Health Boards South Wales Adult Congenital Heart Disease Service is based in University Hospital, Wales within the Specialist Services Clinical Board and is also part of the wider South Wales and South West CHD Network. The post offers an exciting opportunity for a Practitioner Psychologist - Band 7. The post holder will join an established specialist multi-disciplinary service for people living with congenital heart disease, their families, and care networks. The post holder will provide direct psychological care for those living with congenital heart disease and their families.

The post-holder will work under close direction of the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist who is based in the team. You will join a multidisciplinary team. The work includes many clinical aspects including inpatient ward work, outpatient work, individual and group interventions, preparation for transplantation, ensuring excellence in transitional care, and working on innovative delivery methods for psychology. For example, we are currently piloting outdoor based wellbeing groups. The post is the main source of psychological expertise for people with adult congenital heart disease in South Wales.

Part of the role is supporting and working jointly with our specialist multidisciplinary staff. Psychological skills and expertise are highly valued within our services.

You will join a small and dynamic MDT. There is an opportunity to help develop and improve psychological care within congenital heart disease - via service development, innovation, consultancy, and skills teaching/training.

The post is part-time and would suit someone interested in developing their career applying psychology to medical settings.

It is essential for this post to hold a Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent), and to be a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist.

This is an exciting time to join Cardiff and Vale UHB as there is a thriving Clinical Health Psychology & Neuropsychology Speciality, and an increasing awareness of the importance of psychological factors in medical settings. There is an active professional network for clinical/practitioner psychologists in South Wales. You would be supported to develop your professional, leadership, and clinical skills via CPD opportunities. Expressions of interest and visits are most welcome.

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

• Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS.
• Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS
• HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.

• Additional training in relevant areas e.g. research, supervision.

Experience

• A wide range of experience in applying clinical/counselling psychology in the NHS.

• Relevant additional clinical experience.
• Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of NHS planning/service improvement forums.
• Experience of working with service users as co-producers.

Skills

• Communication & Relationship skills
• Analytical and Judgment Skills
• Planning and Organisational Skills

Specialist Knowledge

• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within clinical/counselling psychology.
• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology theory and practice, assessment, psychological therapies and their application.
• Willingness to develop knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to mental health/psychological problems and neuropsychology within a medical setting.
• Participation with CPD as recommended by the BPS.

• Well developed specialist knowledge of at least two psychological therapy models.
• Knowledge of implementation issues in Wales-wide mental health/psychology in medical services.
• Knowledge of planning individualised care for patients
• Knowledge of relevant NICE guidance.
• Awareness of ethnic diversity issues.

Personal Qualities

• Respect for service users and their carers
• Enthusiasm
• Emotional resilience
• Stress management strategies
• Ability to communicate clearly and with sensitivity - verbally and in writing
• Organised and flexible approach to work, able to prioritise workload
• Ability to make effective use of clinical consultation and appraisal
• Self care and self-awareness
• Self motivated
• Ability to work independently

Other

• Ability to use clinical supervision and to reflect upon own clinical practice
• Freedom to act
• Physical skills
• IT skills

• Ability to speak Welsh and willingness to use in a work context

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Address

University Hospital Wales

Heath Park

Cardiff

CF14 4XW

https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/