About this role
Job summary
The Child Health Psychology department at Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Practitioner Psychologist to lead on the development of psychologically-informed care within an All Wales Paediatric Persistent Pain Service. The successful candidate will, under the leadership and supervision of the lead Clinical Psychologist,provide psychological expertise and consultation to support the establishment and development of a new, evidence and value-based model of care to meet the needs of Children and Young People with Persistent Pain, and their families, across Wales.
The successful applicant will help deliver on a phased development plan for an interdisciplinary model of care with the lead Allied Health Professional and Consultant Paediatric Pain specialist working closely with other team members and local multidisciplinary teams for each Health Board. The tertiary service will initially operate clinically across a variety of locations including community, hospital sites and virtually and will involve support of schools, teaching and training, co-design of pathways, tools and workshops and active support of communities of practice.
The clinical model is based on a service specification from national workshops in Wales and integrated care models recommended nationally. It also aligns with the C & V Rehabilitation Model.
Main duties of the job This is an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Persistant Pain team. As a Band 7 Practitioner psychologist you will work closely with the 8b Practitioner Psychologist in delivering psychological care and consultation across the Paediatric Pain network.
The appointee will provide psychologically informed expertise to the multidisciplinary team developing and delivering a persistent pain service that supports children and young people from diverse backgrounds across Wales. The post holder will be supervised by the 8b Practitioner Psychologist within the team. The post will require working with local services, communities and schools across Wales and will include individual patient work, group work, consultation to others and support and where appropriate supervision of MDT colleagues.
Partnership working is essential for this role through co-production, fostering multidisciplinary and multi-agency relationships.
The role will involve developing psychologically informed training and education; and supporting colleagues beyond the persistent pain service in developing a common understanding of pain management and therapeutic options.
There is a significant service development aspect to this role with opportunities for research and audit with teams working alongside the clinical service.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience Essential
Good honours degree in Psychology. Eligibility for Graduate Membership of BPS. Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited. HCPC registration as Practitioner Psychologist
Desirable
EExperience of working as a qualified Applied Chartered/Clinical Psychologist and relevant experience of working in a medical setting
Clinical Experience Essential
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups in NHS settings, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
Desirable
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups in NHS settings, their families and the MDTs supporting them, including children/young people who have chronic medical conditions and other comorbidities e.g. ND. Examples include work across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity and include maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
Specialist skills and training Essential
Skills in developing, managing and co-ordinating a range of psychological interventions, groups, consultations and or teaching/training. And / or additional training and/or supervision in a relevant specialist area (e.g. ACT, IPT, DDP, CBT, Family Therapy)
Desirable
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.. Awareness of relevant NHS legislation or guidance e.g NICE. Awareness of ethnic diversity issues.
Communication Essential
Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
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.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Address Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales
Heath Park
Cardiff
CF14 4XW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)