About this role
Job summary Applications are invited for a full time substantive position for a Band 8b Practitioner Psychologist within the tier 3 Specialist High Risk Eating Disorders (SHED) service. The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for adults with severe and high-risk eating disorders, delivered in clinic, the community and virtually. Working as part of the SHED multidisciplinary team, comprising specialist nurses, allied health professionals including occupational therapist, dietitians, psychiatrists, psychologists, family therapist and a CAAP, the role also involves close collaboration with wider Eating Disorder and Adult Mental Health services to ensure integrated and safe care pathways. SHED provides intensive, person-centred intervention for adults with complex eating disorders associated with significant medical or psychiatric risk. The service aims to reduce risk, support recovery and enhance quality of life through evidence-based approaches. This is an excellent opportunity for a Practitioner Psychologist wishing to work with people with eating disorders, complex mental health, and multidisciplinary leadership. The role includes direct clinical work, consultation, supervision and involvement in service development within an innovative specialist team.
Main duties of the job The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based intervention, in line with NICE and Matrics Cymru recommendations for eating disorders and complex mental health needs. Interventions may include approaches such as CBT-E, DBT, trauma-informed therapies, CFT, ACT and systemic or consultation-focused work tailored to the needs of this high-risk group. A key aspect of the role will involve providing consultation, joint working, and clinical supervision to colleagues within the SHED multidisciplinary team to support psychologically informed, safe and recovery-focused care. The post holder will also contribute to reflective practice and to supporting staff wellbeing, given the demanding and high-risk context of the team's work. The role will include supporting senior colleagues with service development, clinical governance activity, risk management processes, and quality improvement initiatives to ensure the safe and effective delivery of care for individuals with severe and high-risk eating disorders. The post holder will be professionally accountable to Head of Adult Psychology and will have access to ongoing clinical and professional supervision from senior psychologists within the Adult Mental Health Directorate. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable; Welsh and English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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 Essential
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
Desirable
Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice. Evidence of peer reviewed publications, presentations at conferences, or similar contributions
Experience Essential
Substantial and demonstrable post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist with experience working with people with perinatal mental health conditions Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups 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 and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified healthcare professional and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan. Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision. Demonstrable evidence of significant specialist clinical supervision within a scientist-practitioner framework, including supervision, group supervision and case presentations
Desirable
Experience of working with service users as co-producers
Skills Essential
Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Ability to use highest level of interpersonal and communication skills to convey and receive highly complex / sensitive information effectively, requiring empathy and reassurance, in a highly emotive atmosphere and the ability to overcome psychological resistance to potentially threatening information, whilst maintaining high degree of professionalism at all times. Ability to make clinical and servicerelated judgments involving complex facts requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of several options Ability to plan and organise a range of clinical or service-related activities and programmes Ability to implement agreed policies and strategic long-term service developments.
Desirable
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups High level knowledge of theory and practice of at least two specialist psychological therapies Knowledge of legislation in relation to client group and mental health. Ability to speak Welsh and a willingness to use this in the context of work where relevant.
Special Knowledge Essential
Formal Training and supervision of other psychologists Evidence of significant post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS Specialist knowledge of psychometric test construction, development, validation, administration and clinical interpretation of the results. Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology. Prior evidence of its usage in previous roles. Well-developed specialist knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology theory and practice, assessment, and the application of specialised psychological therapies related to the needs of people with perinatal mental health conditions
Desirable
Awareness of ethnic diversity issues
Essential criteria Essential
Willingness to supervise trainee clinical psychologists and other qualified clinical/counselling psychologists working in similar settings Willingness to work as part of a team and also independently Commitment to working collaboratively with people living with perinatal mental health conditions and their carers to develop and improve services Ability to make effective use of clinical consultation and appraisal.
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
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Address 2nd Floor, Cardiff Royal Infirmary,
Newport Road,
Cardiff,
CF24 0SZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)