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Hywel Dda University Health Board
About
Hywel Dda University Health Board provides healthcare services to a total population of around 372,320 throughout Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. It provides Acute, Primary, Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities services via General and Community Hospitals, Health Centres, GP's, Dentists, Pharmacists and Optometrists and other sites.
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist: Stroke Service
Closed for applications on: 8-Jul-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 8-Jul-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Health Board Wide Post. Base to be negotiated.
- Town
- Health Board Wide Post. Base to be negotiated.
- Postcode
- SA31 3HB
- Major / Minor Region
- Carmarthenshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
Salary
- Salary
- £51,706 - £58,210 per annum (pro rata if part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- Psychology
- Interview date
- 17/07/2024
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Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed.
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Job overview
The Stroke Psychology Service is delighted to seek a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the new Psychology service within the Stroke Pathway. The successful candidate will work within the existing stroke pathways across the Health Board, supporting the acute and community multidisciplinary teams and supporting patients and families affected by stroke through the delivery of direct and indirect psychological approaches.
The role will also involve the provision of support, consultation, teaching and training to other health professionals across stroke pathways.
This service is part of the Hywel Dda Clinical Health Psychology Service, with a close working relationship with the Critical Care Psychology Service and Regional Neuropsychology Service. The Clinical Health Psychology Department is strong, dynamic and motivated which strives to offer high standard, value-based healthcare and will embrace the successful candidate with peer support in their new role.
We would welcome interest for full or part time working and there will be a combination of working directly with patients and staff, as well as remote working. Psychologists with limited experience are also welcome to apply as we will support professional and clinical skills development.
Advert
The Health Board has four Acute Stroke Units within each General Hospital and community stroke services which are integrated within the Neurological Rehabilitation Service, which is based in Carmarthen. This role is an exciting opportunity to work alongside the Stroke Psychology Lead in developing models of psychological care across the Acute Stroke Units and Early Supported Discharge pathways, in line with best practice guidelines.
To provide specialist psychological assessment to patients affected by stroke, by using psychological and neuropsychological assessment tools, self-report measures, structured observations and interviews with patients, families and other health professionals.
To support multidisciplinary professionals and wider systems around stroke patients through psychological guidance, consultation and training.
To provide person-centred, evidence-based formulations and treatment plans to support the management of patients’ psychological, neuropsychological and mental health difficulties.
To provide psychologically informed approaches, advice and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues across various stroke pathways and settings.
To support the Stroke Psychology lead to meet the psychological aspects of the National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke and Welsh Government Stroke Delivery Plan.
Working for our organisation
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 for around 384,000 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, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
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
Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
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Applicant requirements
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Person specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in Clinical /Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those who commenced training prior to September 2001) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
- Registered with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) as qualified Clinical Psychologist.
- Experience Post Qualification
- To have knowledge of clinical assessment, formulation and psychological treatments as well as experience in working psychologically in all core specialties being a) adult mental health; b) child and adolescent mental health; c) older adults mental health and d) learning disabilities as obtained within Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (D. Clin Psy).
- To have knowledge of specific models of psychopathology including health psychology models, clinical psychometrics and cognitive psychology, two or more distinct
- Psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Demonstrate further specialist training and or experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience with neuropsychology assessments
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of working flexibly and sensitively with a wide variety of psychology patient groups, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
- Experience of delivering psychological interventions within multidisciplinary settings.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
Desirable criteria
- Experience of applied clinical psychology within physical health conditions.
Language Skills
Desirable criteria
- Welsh speaker (Level 1)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sophie McFarland
- Job title
- Psychology Lead for Stroke
- Email address
- [email protected]
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